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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack}, {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Billfish \Bill"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: a The garfish ({Tylosurus, 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}). From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: billfish n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn: {gar}, {garfish}, {garpike}, {Lepisosteus osseus}] 2: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw 3: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: {saury}, {Scomberesox saurus}] 4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish}, {gar}]
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