Swordfish /(?)/

Sword·fish

Swordfish

n.
  1. 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. (Zool.)
  2. A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. (Astron.)

Phrases & Compounds

Swordfish sucker
a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.