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Definition: Swordfish sucker
Swordfish
\Sword"fish`\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) 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.
(b) The gar pike.
(c) The cutlass fish.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See
Dorado, 1.
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Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora (
Remora brachyptera
) which attaches itself to the swordfish.
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