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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Bill·fish n. Zool. A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, 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).