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}).