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Webster 1913 Edition
Billfish
Bill′fishˊ
(bĭl′fĭshˊ)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
A name applied to several distinct fishes
: (a)
The garfish (
Tylosurus longirostris
, or Belone longirostris
) and allied species. (b)
The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (
Scomberesox saurus
). (c)
The
Tetrapturus albidus
, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d)
The American fresh-water garpike (
Lepidosteus osseus
).