Word Meanings - SWORDFISH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

• Bonesetter
  One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones.
• Distinctness
  The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things.
• Teethed
  of Teeth
• Ventral
  Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.
• Adulterant
  That which is used to adulterate anything.
• Boneshaw
  Sciatica.
• Distincture
  Distinctness.
• Oceanic
  Of or pertaining to the ocean; found or formed in or about, or produced by, the ocean; frequenting the ocean, especially mid-ocean.
• Teething
  of Teeth
• Without
  On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as, without doors.
• Adulterated
  of Adulterate
• Adulterating
  of Adulterate
• Consolidate
  Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated.
• Representative
  Fitted to represent; exhibiting a similitude.
• Without-door
  Outdoor; exterior.
• Adulterate
  To defile by adultery.

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