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Meaning of Swordfish in English

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Swordfish

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Noun

1. swordfish

flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

2. swordfish, 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

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Swordfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
a large scombroid fish, Xiphias gladius, with a very long upper jaw: valued as a food and game fish: family Xiphiidae

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Swordfish

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nounWord forms: plural swordˌfish
a large, marine, food and game fish (Xiphias gladius) that is the only species of a family (Xiphiidae) of percoid fishes, having a sail-like dorsal fin and a long, flat, swordlike upper jawbone

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Swordfish

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n. pl. swordfish or sword·fish·es
A large marine food and game fish (Xiphias gladius) having a long swordlike extension of the upper jaw.

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