(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s the same story over and over.” Children’s author Philip Ardagh , who told the room he once worked as an “unprofessional librarian” in Lewisham, said: “Closing down a library is like filing off the end of a swordfish’s nose: pointless.” 'Speak up before there's nothing left': authors rally for National Libraries Day Read more “Today proves that support for public libraries comes from all walks of life and it’s not rocket science to work out why.
(2) By noon, the small fish market on shore is packed with black crows nibbling on hundreds of butchered fish heads, shark fins and long red swordfish tongues.
(3) Moreover, the gene-transfer hypothesis cannot be discarded without postulating an enormous increase in the rate at which the superoxide dismutase gene has accumulated amino acid substitutions since the divergence of the swordfish and cattle lineages.
(4) The FWC has yet to release its official finding, but shark expert George Burgess of the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville said he had spoken to one of the commission's scientists on Friday afternoon, who told him "eye in hand" that he was sure that it came from a impressively-sized swordfish.
(5) Possible reasons are discussed for the peculiar first finding of this parasite in the gut of a swordfish.
(6) Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research argues that Rajoy has changed his tune on conditionality a few times this year.
(7) The BGP of bluegill shares with swordfish BGP a truncated NH2 terminus and an extended COOH terminus.
(8) But there are also frozen scallops, whole sea bass and swordfish steaks, as well as Slimming World ready meals, quinoa and frozen berries for juicing.
(9) Collaborators determined methyl mercury in blind duplicate homogenates at 2 levels in tuna and at 1 level in swordfish and oysters.
(10) Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research said it was largely a reaction to the poor PMI data out earlier today : You have a situation where the economic data has been very poor and Spain is clearly trying to avoid a bailout with any conditions at all.
(11) Swordfish, shark, tuna, shrimp, clams, oysters, and NBS Research Material-50 (tuna) were analyzed for methyl mercury by the AOAC official first action method.
(12) The mercury levels of museum specimens of seven tuna caught 62 to 93 years ago and a swordfish caught 25 years ago have been determined by instrumental neutron activation analysis.
(13) Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research explains: The likelihood is that eventually they will request a bailout but that it will only come quickly if the conditions attached to any such financial assistance are negligible.
(14) "Of immediate concern is the trend in Spanish and Italian government bond yields," said Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research.
(15) Questionable to say the least November 7, 2013 Swordfish Research (@SwordfishGary) Draghi - 'Eurozone - Fundamentals are probably strongest in world...'- thats -ve loan demand, high unemployment, anaemic GDP growth... November 7, 2013 2.33pm GMT In other news, a team from Twitter including actor Sir Patrick Stewart just rang the opening bell on Wall Street.
(16) Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research believes the Moody's downgrade could set the tone for the year: So, there we have it: officially we are now Good Britain; no longer Great, I’m afraid.
(17) Histidine was found in great quantities in all species except swordfish, anserine was found in relatively large amounts in tunas and swordfish, but carnosine was only present in small amounts in yellowfin and skipjack tunas.
(18) Gary Jenkins of Swordfish Research was on good form about the situation in Spain today, after the European finance ministers' meeting in Luxembourg ended last night.
(19) Collaborators also analyzed single homogenates of swordfish and oysters containing methyl mercury at a second level.
(20) In the morning, long and narrow boats pull into the harbour, and fisherman toss giant hammerhead sharks, tuna and swordfish into the waves, where they float until young men swim out from the dock to collect them, their muscles tense and glistening.
Xiphias
Definition:
(n.) The constellation Dorado.
(n.) A comet shaped like a sword
(n.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.
Example Sentences:
(1) n. was recovered from the stomach of Xiphias gladius occurring in the Kuroshio.
(2) The fiber architecture of the ventricular myocardium has been studied in elasmobranch (Isurus oxyrhinchus, Galeorhinus galeus, Prionace glauca) and teleost (Xiphias gladius, Thunnus thynnus, Thunnus alalunga) fish species with hearts displaying mixed types of ventricular musculature (compact and trabecular).