NOUN | food | swordfish | flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks |
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animal | swordfish, Xiphias gladius | large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw |
Sounds | sao'rdfih.sh | |
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Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... |
Meaning | flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks. | |
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Part of | swordfish, Xiphias gladius | large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw |
Broader | saltwater fish | flesh of fish from the sea used as food |
Spanish | emperador, pez espada | |
Catalan | emperador, peix espasa |
Meaning | large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm / warm their brains and eyes: worldwide / worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night. | |
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Synonym | Xiphias gladius | |
Member of | Xiphias, genus Xiphias | type genus of the Xiphiidae |
Parts | swordfish | flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks |
Broader | scombroid, scombroid fish | Important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas |
Spanish | albacora, pez espada, xiphias gladius | |
Catalan | peix espasa, xiphias gladius, Xiphias gladius |
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