| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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