noun the gar pike.
2. swordfish ·noun the cutlass fish.
3. swordfish ·noun a southern constellation. ·see dorado, 1.
4. 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.