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BILLFISH
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Irregular inflected form: billfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Synonyms:
billfish; gar; needlefish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("billfish" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "billfish"):
timucu (found in warm waters of western Atlantic)
Holonyms ("billfish" is a member of...):
Belonidae; family Belonidae (ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Synonyms:
billfish; saury; Scomberesox saurus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("billfish" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Holonyms ("billfish" is a member of...):
genus Scomberesox; genus Scombresox; Scomberesox; Scombresox (a genus of Scomberesocidae)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("billfish" is a kind of...):
scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "billfish"):
marlin (large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes)
spearfish (any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare)
Holonyms ("billfish" is a member of...):
family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Synonyms:
billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("billfish" is a kind of...):
ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)
Holonyms ("billfish" is a member of...):
genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus (type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars)
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