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swordfish definition

sword·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. swordfish -·fish′

a large, marine, food and game fish (Xiphias gladius) that is the only species of a family (Xiphiidae) of percoid fishes, having a sail-like dorsal fin and a long, flat, swordlike upper jawbone

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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