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Noun billfish has 4 senses
- gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
--1 is a kind of ganoid, ganoid fish
--1 is a member of Lepisosteus, genus Lepisosteus
- billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
--2 is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
--2 is a member of Istiophoridae, family Istiophoridae
--2 has particulars: marlin, spearfish; spearfish
- saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
--3 is a kind of teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
--3 is a member of Scomberesox, genus Scomberesox, Scombresox, genus Scombresox
- needlefish, gar, billfish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
--4 is a kind of teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
--4 is a member of Belonidae, family Belonidae
--4 has particulars: timucu
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