/sawrd"fish', sohrd"-/ , n. , pl. swordfishes , ( esp. collectively ) swordfish for 1.
1. a large, marine food fish, Xiphias gladius, having the upper jaw elongated into a swordlike structure.
2. ( cap. ) Astron. the constellation Dorado.
[ 1350-1400; ME; see SWORD, FISH ]