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billfishes
     See {billfish}

billfish
     n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
          scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
           {gar}, {garfish}, {garpike}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
     2: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded
        toothless upper jaw
     3: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
        {saury}, {Scomberesox saurus}]
     4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
        long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish},
         {gar}]
     [also: {billfishes} (pl)]