noun
- Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
- synonyms: garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
- Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters.
- synonyms: needlefish, billfish
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