(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, Syn. Xiphias gladius

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Swordfish

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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箭鱼

[箭鱼 / 箭魚, jiàn yú] swordfish #133919

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梶木;旗魚

[かじき, kajiki] (n) (uk) marlin; swordfish; spearfish; sailfish

眼梶木;眼旗魚

[めかじき;メカジキ, mekajiki ; mekajiki] (n) (uk) swordfish (Xiphias gladius); broadbill

旗魚座;かじき座;梶木座(iK)

[かじきざ, kajikiza] (n) (See ドラド・3) (constellation) Dorado; Goldfish; Swordfish

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swordfish

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