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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A catostomoid fish of the genus Carpiodes, C. cyprinus, a kind of carp-sucker, also called sailfish, skimback, and quillback. It is common from the Mississippi valley to Chesapeake Bay.
  • noun The bill-fish, Tetrapturus albidus, belonging to the family Histiophoridæ, or sailfishes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean.
  • noun The carp sucker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A fish that has an elongated, spear like, snout. e.g. the Shortbill Spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris).
  • verb The act of trying to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun. To do spearfishing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare

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