Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: Xiphias gladius

See Also: genus Xiphias, saltwater fish, scombroid, scombroid fish, swordfish, swordfish, Xiphias, Xiphias gladius

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