swordfish
n.
large fish with a sword-like upper jaw
Swordfish
swordfish
Noun
1. flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
(hypernym) saltwater fish
(part-holonym) Xiphias gladius
2. 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
(synonym) Xiphias gladius
(hypernym) scombroid, scombroid fish
(member-holonym) Xiphias, genus Xiphias
Swordfish
(n.)
The gar pike.
(n.)
The cutlass fish.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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