billfish

English Thesaurus

1. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	teleost, teleost fish, teleostan,
definition	:	a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	timucu,
definition	:	found in warm waters of western Atlantic (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	belonidae, family belonidae,
definition	:	ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars (noun.animal)

2. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	teleost, teleost fish, teleostan,
definition	:	a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus scomberesox, genus scombresox, scomberesox, scombresox,
definition	:	a genus of Scomberesocidae (noun.animal)

3. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	scombroid, scombroid fish,
definition	:	important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	marlin,
definition	:	large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	spearfish,
definition	:	any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family istiophoridae, istiophoridae,
definition	:	sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins (noun.animal)

4. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	ganoid, ganoid fish,
definition	:	primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus lepisosteus, lepisosteus,
definition	:	type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars (noun.animal)