What does swordfish mean?
Swordfish means A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius..
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/ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/ · noun
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius..
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.
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Swordfish means A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius..
Common synonyms include swordie, xiphias gladius.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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