资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n.
   1. (Zo["o]l.)
      (a) A very large oceanic fish ({Xiphias gladius}), the
          only representative of the family {Xiphiid[ae]}. 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.
      (b) The gar pike.
      (c) The cutlass fish.

   2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See {Dorado}, 1.

   {Swordfish sucker} (Zo["o]l.), a remora ({Remora
      brachyptera}) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

Remora \Rem"o*ra\ (r?m"?*r?), n. [L.: cf. F. r['e]mora.]
   1. Delay; obstacle; hindrance. [Obs.] --Milton.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of fishes belonging
      to {Echeneis}, {Remora}, and allied genera. Called also
      {sucking fish}.

   Note: The anterior dorsal fin is converted into a large
         sucking disk, having two transverse rows of lamell[ae],
         situated on the top of the head. They adhere firmly to
         sharks and other large fishes and to vessels by this
         curious sucker, letting go at will. The pegador, or
         remora of sharks ({Echeneis naucrates}), and the
         swordfish remora ({Remora brachyptera}), are common
         American species.

   3. (Surg.) An instrument formerly in use, intended to retain
      parts in their places. --Dunglison.