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billfishes

billfishes is the plural of billfish.

Meaning of billfish

Noun

billfish (plural billfishes or billfish)

  1. Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
    • Collectively, the billfishes are among the most sought-after game fishes because of their grace and power, in and out of the water.1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, pages 7–8
  2. gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
  3. sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
  4. silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
  5. northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)

Questions about billfishes

What is billfishes the plural of?
Billfishes is the plural of billfish.

Words near billfishes in the dictionary

  1. billetty
  2. billetwood
  3. billety
  4. billeté
  5. billfish
  6. billfishes
  7. billfold
  8. billfolds
  9. billful
  10. billhead
  11. billheaded

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