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English noun: billfish | |||
| 1. | billfish (animal) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth | ||
| Synonyms | gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ganoid, ganoid fish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus | ||
| 2. | billfish (animal) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | scombroid, scombroid fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | marlin, spearfish | ||
| Member meronym | family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae | ||
| 3. | billfish (animal) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | ||
| Synonyms | saury, Scomberesox saurus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | ||
| Member meronym | genus Scomberesox, genus Scombresox, Scomberesox, Scombresox | ||
| 4. | billfish (animal) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters | ||
| Synonyms | gar, needlefish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | timucu | ||
| Member meronym | Belonidae, family Belonidae | ||
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