资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Billfish \Bill"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A name applied to several distinct fishes:
   (a) The garfish ({Tylosurus, 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}).

资料来源 : WordNet®

billfish
     n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
          scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
           {gar}, {garfish}, {garpike}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
     2: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded
        toothless upper jaw
     3: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
        {saury}, {Scomberesox saurus}]
     4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
        long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish},
         {gar}]
     [also: {billfishes} (pl)]