swordfish — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.

   Usage

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   Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.

   One reason, the department suggested, was that affluent New Yorkers were likely to eat expensive fish high in mercury, like swordfish and tuna.

2. A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.

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Verb

1. To fish for swordfish.

Noun

1. flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

   Broader terms

   saltwater fish

2. 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

   Broader terms

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