Swordfish

['sɔːdfɪʃ] or ['sɔrdfɪʃ]

解释:

(noun.) 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.

(noun.) flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks.

录入:伦纳德--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. 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.

(n.) The gar pike.

(n.) The cutlass fish.

(n.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.

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