Noun
- 1. swordfish, saltwater fish
- usage: flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
- 2. swordfish, Xiphias gladius, scombroid, scombroid fish
- usage: 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
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