Sword"fish` (?), n. 1.
(Zoöl.) (a) A very large oceanic fish
(Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family
Xiphiidæ. 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 (Zoöl.), a
remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the
swordfish.
Sword"fish` (?), n. 1.
(Zoöl.) (a) A very large oceanic fish
(Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family
Xiphiidæ. 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 (Zoöl.), a
remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the
swordfish.
