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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: billfish, -billfish-
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WordNet (3.0)
billfish(n) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
gar(n) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth, Syn. garpike, garfish, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
needlefish(n) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters, Syn. gar, billfish
saury(n) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters, Syn. Scomberesox saurus, billfish

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Billfish

n. (Zool.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, 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). [ 1913 Webster ]

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