noun. 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.

noun. Any of various fishes having long, pointed jaws, such as the needlefishes.

noun. The long-nosed gar, or common garpike, Lepidosteus osseus, a fish of the family Lepidosteidæ. See garpike.

noun. The skipper, Scomberesox saurus, a synentognathous fish of the family Scomberesocidæ or family Exocœtidæ. Also called saury.

noun. The spear-fish, Tetrapturus albidus, of the family Histiophoridæ.

noun. One of the garfishes, Tylosurus longirostris, of the family Belonidæ. See garfish, and cut under Belonidæ.

noun. The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or Belone longirostris) and allied species.

noun. The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

noun. The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

noun. The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

noun. Any of several fish, of the family Istiophoridae, that have an elongated jaw

noun. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

noun. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

noun. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw

noun. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

"The billfish are a family of large to 13 ft/ 4 m and 2,000 lb/900 kg, active predators of the open oceans, with a spear-like projection from their upper jaw and dense, meaty, nearly boneless flesh that has been sought after for thousands of years."

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