The Collaborative International Dictionary
Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n.
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(Zo["o]l.)
A very large oceanic fish ( Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiid[ae]. 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 gar pike.
The cutlass fish.
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(Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora ( Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.
Wiktionary
n. A remora (''Remora brachyptera'') that attaches itself to the swordfish.