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swordfish

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sword·fish  (sôrdfsh)
n. pl. swordfish or sword·fish·es
A large marine food and game fish (Xiphias gladius) having a long swordlike extension of the upper jaw that is used chiefly as a means of defense and attack.

swordfish
Noun
pl -fish or -fishes a large fish with a very long upper jaw that resembles a sword
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Noun1.swordfishswordfish - flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
Xiphias gladius, swordfish - 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
saltwater fish - flesh of fish from the sea used as food
2.swordfishswordfish - 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
scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters
genus Xiphias, Xiphias - type genus of the Xiphiidae
swordfish - flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
Translations

swordfish [ˈsɔːdfɪʃ] npez m espada
swordfish [ˈsɔːdfɪʃ] sword nespadon m
swordfish [ˈsɔːdfɪʃ] sword nSchwertfisch m
swordfish [ˈsɔːdfɪʃ] npesce m spada inv

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(the indefatigable clown of the ocean), and some swordfish ten feet long, those prophetic heralds of the hurricane whose formidable sword would now and then strike the glass of the saloon.
The Nile rat kills the crocodile, the swordfish kills the whale, the book will kill the edifice.
I stood indeed as little chance among them as a cumbrous whale attacked on all sides by a legion of swordfish.
 
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