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n. Any of various fishes of the family Istiophoridae, such as a marlin or sailfish, having an elongated, swordlike or spearlike snout and upper jaw.

n. Any of various other fishes having long, pointed jaws.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

n. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

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

n. 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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