| NOUN | animal | billfish, gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus | primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth |
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| animal | billfish | giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw | |
| animal | billfish, saury, Scomberesox saurus | slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | |
| animal | billfish, needlefish, gar | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws |
| Meaning | Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. | |
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| Synonyms | gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus | |
| Member of | Lepisosteus, genus Lepisosteus | type genus of the Lepisosteidae |
| Broader | ganoid, ganoid fish | Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering |
| Spanish | garpike, lepisosteiformes | |
| Catalan | agulla, garpike, lepisosteïforme | |
| Meaning | giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw. | |
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| Member of | Istiophoridae, family Istiophoridae | sailfishes |
| Narrower | marlin | large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes |
| spearfish | Any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced | |
| Broader | scombroid, scombroid fish | Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas |
| Meaning | slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters. | |
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| Synonyms | saury, Scomberesox saurus | |
| Member of | Scomberesox, genus Scomberesox, Scombresox, genus Scombresox | A genus of Scomberesocidae |
| Broader | teleost fish, teleost, teleostan | A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei |
| Meaning | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters. | |
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| Synonyms | needlefish, gar | |
| Member of | Belonidae, family Belonidae | ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars |
| Narrower | timucu | Found in warm waters of western Atlantic |
| Broader | teleost fish, teleost, teleostan | A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei |
| Spanish | agujón, belonidae | |
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