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1. <zoology> 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. The ger pike.
The cutlass fish.
2. <astronomy> A southern constellation. See Dorado.
<zoology> Swordfish sucker, a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.
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