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Billfish [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A name applied to several distinct fishes

2. The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

3. The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

4. The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

5. The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).