billfish

(noun)

noun

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

Similar word(s): gar, garfish, garpike

Definition categories: animal, ganoid

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

Definition categories: animal, scombroid

3. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

Similar word(s): saury

Definition categories: animal, teleost

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

Similar word(s): gar, needlefish

Definition categories: animal, teleost