noun
- Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks.
- 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.
- synonyms: Xiphias gladius
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