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swordfish

/'s/oU/rd,f/I//S/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

  1. flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

    noun.food

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  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

    noun.animal

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. A very large oceanic fish (<i>Xiphias gladius</i>), the only representative of the family <i>Xiphiid&aelig;</i>. 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.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

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