billfish

bill·fish

B0249700 (bĭl′fĭsh′)n. pl. billfish or bill·fish·es 1. Any of various marine fishes having an elongated spearlike or swordlike upper jaw, including the marlins, sailfishes, and spearfishes of the family Istiophoridae and the swordfish of the family Xiphiidae.2. Any of various fishes having long, pointed jaws, such as the needlefishes.

billfish

(ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ) n, pl -fish or -fishes (Animals) US any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin

bill•fish

(ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es. any of various fishes having long pointed jaws, as a gar or saury. [1775–85, Amer.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	billfish - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethgar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseusganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny coveringgenus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars
	2.	billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jawscombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder watersfamily Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae - sailfishes; spearfishes; marlinsmarlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyesspearfish - any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare
	3.	billfish - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waterssaury, Scomberesox saurusteleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleosteigenus Scomberesox, genus Scombresox, Scomberesox, Scombresox - a genus of Scomberesocidae
	4.	billfish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal watersneedlefish, garteleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass TeleosteiBelonidae, family Belonidae - ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater garstimucu - found in warm waters of western Atlantic