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swordfish 音標拼音: [s'ɔrdf ,ɪʃ] n. 旗魚 旗魚 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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