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shortbill spearfish

short·bill spear·fish [ shàwrt bil spr fìsh ]


noun 
Definition:
 
fish with long upper jaw: a large spearfish of the Pacific and Indian oceans that has a very long upper jaw and is blue-black above and silvery beneath. Latin name Tetrapturus angustirostris.

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