['bilfiʃ] n. 长嘴鱼(颚狭长如喙的鱼,如雀鳝等),尖嘴鱼(具有剑状长嘴及上颚的鱼,如旗鱼、枪鱼等)
billfish billfishes
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primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
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giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
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slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
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elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
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Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zo["o]l.) 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}).
Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.