Category:Swordfish

Sword"fish`, n.

1. (zoöl.) (a) a very large oceanic fish (xiphias gladius), the only Representative of the family xiphiidæ. 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 ger pike. (c) the cutlass fish.

2. (astron.)

Defn: a southern constellation. See dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker (zoöl.), a remora (remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the Swordfish.