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SWORDFISH

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: swordfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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:

swordfish; Xiphias gladius

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("swordfish" is a kind of...):

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

Meronyms (parts of "swordfish"):

swordfish (flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks)

Holonyms ("swordfish" is a member of...):

genus Xiphias; Xiphias (type genus of the Xiphiidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("swordfish" is a kind of...):

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Holonyms ("swordfish" is a part of...):

swordfish; Xiphias gladius (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)

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