Look up: Swordfish

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   Swordfish
   A saltwater food and sport fish with mild-flavored, moderately fat flesh. The flesh is red, dense, and meat-like. Thanks to its firmness, swordfish can be prepared by baking, broiling, grilling, poaching, or sautéing.
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   Swordfish
   Waters:Temperate Waters worldwide Description (in water): An enormous fish, weighing from 200 lbs. to as much as one ton. It was named for a long, swordlike projection from upper jaw. A tall, saillike dorsal fin propels this imposing fish through the Waters of the world. Description (in market): Meaty, dense mottled gray-white flesh that's firm in texture, moderate in fat content, and mildly flavorful.
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   swordfish
   [n] - flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks 2. [n] - large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw
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   Swordfish
   Sword'fish` noun 1. (Zoology) (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 ...
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   swordfish
   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 ...
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   swordfish
   Xiphias gladius noun 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
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   swordfish
   noun flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
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   Swordfish
   `Swordfish` (`Xiphias gladius`) are large, highly migratory, predatory fish characterized by a long, flat bill. They are a popular sport fish, though elusive. Swordfish are elongated, round-bodied, and lose all teeth and scales by adulthood. They reach a maximum size of 14.75 ft (4.3 m) and 3,190 lb (1,446kg). The International Game Fish Association's all-tackle angling record for a swordfish was a 3,183 lb (1,443 kg) specimen taken off Chile in ...
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   Swordfish
   • (n.) The cutlass fish. • (n.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. • (n.) 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 disti...
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    swordfish
    (Xiphias gladius), prized food and game fish, probably the single species constituting the family Xiphiidae (order Perciformes), found in warm and ... [2 related articles]
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    swordfish
    swordfish, large food and game fish, Xiphias gladius, of the warmer Atlantic and Pacific waters, related to the sailfish. It is named for its sharp, broad, elongated upper jaw, which it uses to flail and pierce its prey of smaller fish, rising beneath a school to kill and then devour. Swordfish bree...
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