English Explanatory Dictionary

billfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
  2. Other fish with elongated jaws:
  3. gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
  4. sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
  5. silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
  6. northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ/

Word forms

billfish billfishes

Etymology

From bill + fish.

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