xiphias gladius

Noun xiphias gladius has 1 sense

• xiphias gladius(n = noun.animal) swordfish - 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