Swordfish

·noun The gar pike.

II. Swordfish ·noun The cutlass fish.

III. Swordfish ·noun A southern constellation. ·see Dorado, 1.

IV. Swordfish ·noun 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.