Noun: swordfish 'sord,fish
- 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
"Grilled swordfish steaks are popular in Mediterranean cuisine"; "The swordfish used its bill to slash through schools of fish";
- Xiphias gladius
- Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
"We ordered swordfish steaks with a citrus marinade"
Derived forms: swordfishes
Type of: saltwater fish, scombroid, scombroid fish
Part of: genus Xiphias, Xiphias
Encyclopedia: Swordfish