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billfish
(bil′fis̸h′)
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noun pl. billfish, billfishes
any of various fishes with long, narrow jaws that resemble a beak, as many gars or swordfish; esp., any of a family (Istiophoridae) of percoid fishes, as the marlin
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noun pl. billfish billfish or bill·fish·es
- Any of various fishes of the family Istiophoridae, such as a marlin or sailfish, having an elongated, swordlike or spearlike snout and upper jaw.
- Any of various other fishes having long, pointed jaws.
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