Billfish

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A name applied to several distinct fishes.

II. Billfish ·noun The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

III. Billfish ·noun The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

IV. Billfish ·noun The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

V. Billfish ·noun The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.