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swordfish 音标拼音: [s'ɔrdf,ɪʃ] n. 旗鱼 旗鱼 swordfish n 1: flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks 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 [synonym: {swordfish}, {Xiphias gladius}] Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n. 1. (Zool.) (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the only representative of the family {Xiphiidae}. 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 gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1. [1913 Webster] {Swordfish sucker} (Zool.), a remora ({Remora brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish. [1913 Webster] cutlass fish \cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \cutlassfish\n. 1. (Zool.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ({Trichiurus lepturus}) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike teeth; -- called also {frostfish}, {saber fish}, {silver eel}, and, improperly, {swordfish}; also, several related members of the genus {Trichiurus}. It is closely related to snake mackerel. Syn: frost fish, frostfish, hairtail. [1913 Webster WordNet 1.5]
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