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billfish
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Noun billfish has 4 senses
- billfish(n = noun.animal) gar, garfish, garpike, lepisosteus osseus - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth; Array is a kind of ganoid, ganoid fish
- billfish(n = noun.animal) Array - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw; Array is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
- billfish(n = noun.animal) saury, scomberesox saurus - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters; Array is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
- billfish(n = noun.animal) gar, needlefish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters; Array is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
is a member of genus lepisosteus, lepisosteus
is a member of family istiophoridae, istiophoridae
has particulars: marlin, spearfish
is a member of genus scomberesox, genus scombresox, scomberesox, scombresox
is a member of belonidae, family belonidae
has particulars: timucu
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