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Swordfish   Listen
noun
Swordfish  n.  
1.
(Zool.)
(a)
A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. 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 (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.






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Words linked to "Swordfish" :   scombroid, scombroid fish, Xiphias gladius, saltwater fish, genus Xiphias, Xiphias



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