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swordfish

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Noun
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sword=fish

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun swordfish has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

swordfishn. 
  •  A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidæ. 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.  [1913 Webster]
  •  A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.  [1913 Webster]
Swordfish sucker (Zoöl.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

swordfish, n. a large marine fish, Xiphias gladius, with an extended swordlike upper jaw.

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