คำว่า ' swordfish ' ( N )
มีความหมายในภาษาไทยว่า ปลาขนาดใหญ่จำพวก Xiphiidae
คำนิยามในภาษาอังกฤษ (definition) :
[n.] 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.
[n.] The gar pike.
[n.] The cutlass fish.
[n.] A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.