swordfish
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swordfish
- /ˈsɔː(ɹ)dfɪʃ/
Where it comes from
From Middle English swerdfysche, from Old English *sweordfisċ. Equivalent to sword + fish.
noun swordfish · swordfishes
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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 slather
Similar: sea emperor
- A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
verb swordfishes · swordfishing · swordfished
- To fish for swordfish.
Translations
Every language
noun Xiphias gladius
| Español | pez espada, albacora, pez emperador, alfanje, espadarte, jifia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황새치 hwangsaechi |
| 日本語 | 目梶木 mekajiki |
| 中文 | 劍魚 /剑鱼 jiànyú |
| हिन्दी | तेगा मछली tegā machlī |
| Kiswahili | mchumbururu |
| Português | espadarte, peixe espada |
| Français | espadon |
| Deutsch | Schwertfisch |
| Italiano | pesce spada |
| Ελληνικά | ξιφίας xifías |
| Română | pește spadă |
| Русский | ры́ба-ме́ч rýba-méč, мечено́с mečenós |
| Tiếng Việt | cá kiếm, cá đao |
| العربية | سَمَكَة سَيْف |
| עברית | חִלְפִּית ḥalipit, דַּג–חֶרֶב dag-khérev |
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