English dictionary
swordfish
/'s/oU/rd,f/I//S/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
Source: WordNet 3.0
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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
Synonyms xiphias gladiusSource: WordNet 3.0
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A very large oceanic fish (<i>Xiphias gladius</i>), the only representative of the family <i>Xiphiidæ</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.
Source: webster1913