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swordfish

noun

1 swordfish

Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks.

2 swordfish

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.

synonym: Xiphias gladius.

Dutch: zwaardvis
Polish: mieczoryb, włócznik, ryba-miecz, miecznik


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