3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swordfish  \Sword"fish`\,  n. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  very  large  oceanic  fish  ({Xiphias  gladius}),  the 
  only  representative  of  the  family  {Xiphiid[ae]}.  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. 
 
  2.  (Astron.)  A  southern  constellation.  See  {Dorado},  1. 
 
  {Swordfish  sucker}  (Zo["o]l.),  a  remora  ({Remora 
  brachyptera})  which  attaches  itself  to  the  swordfish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Cutlass  \Cut"lass\  (k[u^]t"las),  n.;  pl  {Cutlasses}  (-[e^]z). 
  [F.  coutelas  (cf.  It  coltellaccio),  augm.  fr  L.  cultellus  a 
  small  knife,  dim.  of  culter  knife.  See  {Colter},  and  cf 
  {Curtal  ax}.] 
  A  short,  heavy,  curving  sword,  used  in  the  navy.  See  {Curtal 
  ax}. 
 
  {Cutlass  fish},  (Zo["o]l.),  a  peculiar,  long,  thin,  marine 
  fish  ({Trichiurus  lepturus})  of  the  southern  United  States 
  and  West  Indies;  --  called  also  {saber  fish},  {silver 
  eel},  and  improperly,  {swordfish}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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  [syn: 
  {Xiphias  gladius}] 

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