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swordfish
(encz) | swordfish,mečoun n: latinsky Xiphias gladius Cascaval |
Swordfish
(gcide) | Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, 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.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
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Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera)
which attaches itself to the swordfish.
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swordfish
(gcide) | cutlass fish \cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \cutlassfish\n.
1. (Zool.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus
lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies,
having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike
teeth; -- called also frostfish, saber fish, {silver
eel}, and, improperly, swordfish; also, several related
members of the genus Trichiurus. It is closely related
to snake mackerel.
Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail.
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swordfish
(wn) | swordfish
n 1: flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
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 [syn:
swordfish, Xiphias gladius] |
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Swordfish
(gcide) | Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, 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.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
[1913 Webster]
Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera)
which attaches itself to the swordfish.
[1913 Webster]cutlass fish \cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \cutlassfish\n.
1. (Zool.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus
lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies,
having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike
teeth; -- called also frostfish, saber fish, {silver
eel}, and, improperly, swordfish; also, several related
members of the genus Trichiurus. It is closely related
to snake mackerel.
Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail.
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Swordfish sucker
(gcide) | Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, 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.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
[1913 Webster]
Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera)
which attaches itself to the swordfish.
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