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Swordfish

Swordfish Meaning & Definition
Swordfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Swordfish?

[n] large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
[n] flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Swordfish: Xiphias gladius

Related Terms | Find terms related to Swordfish:

See Also | genus Xiphias | saltwater fish | scombroid | scombroid fish | swordfish | swordfish | Xiphias | Xiphias gladius

Swordfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiid[ae]}. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. {Swordfish sucker} (Zo["o]l.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

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