From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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