Defenition of the word billfish
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Defenition of the word billfish
- giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
- elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Synonyms for the word billfish
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- gar
- garfish
- garpike
- Lepisosteus osseus
- needlefish
- saury
- Scomberesox saurus
Meronymys for the word billfish
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- Belonidae
- family Belonidae
- family Istiophoridae
- genus Lepisosteus
- genus Scomberesox
- genus Scombresox
- Istiophoridae
- Lepisosteus
- Scomberesox
- Scombresox
Hyponyms for the word billfish
Hypernyms for the word billfish
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- ganoid
- ganoid fish
- scombroid
- scombroid fish
- teleost
- teleost fish
- teleostan
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