Category:Saury

Sau"ry, n.; pl. Sauries. Etym: [etymol. uncertain.] (zoöl.)

Defn: a slender marine fish (scombresox saurus) of europe and America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also billfish, Gowdnook, gawnook, skipper, skipjack, skopster, lizard fish, and Egypt herring.