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Billfish   Listen
noun
Billfish  n.  (Zool.) A name applied to several distinct fishes:
(a)
The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or Belone longirostris) and allied species.
(b)
The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).
(c)
The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
(d)
The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).





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Words linked to "Billfish" :   ganoid, scombroid fish, Lepisosteus, ganoid fish, family Belonidae, genus Lepisosteus, teleost, family Istiophoridae, Belonidae, spearfish, genus Scombresox, saury, Scomberesox saurus, Lepisosteus osseus, Scombresox, teleost fish, Scomberesox, marlin, needlefish, genus Scomberesox, timucu, garpike, garfish, teleostan, gar


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