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swordfish

Noun

sword=fish

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swordfish(n = noun.food) Array - flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks; Array

is a kind of saltwater fish

swordfish(n = noun.animal) xiphias gladius - 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; Array

is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish

is a member of genus xiphias, xiphias

has parts: swordfish

swordfish, n.

A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. 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. [1913 Webster]
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. [1913 Webster]

Swordfish sucker (Zoöl.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

swordfish, n. a large marine fish, Xiphias gladius, with an extended swordlike upper jaw.

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