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swordfish

Marine bony fish Xiphias gladius, the only member of its family (Xiphiidae), characterized by a long swordlike beak protruding from the upper jaw. It may reach 4.5 m/15 ft in length and weigh 450 kg/1,000 lb.
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(the indefatigable clown of the ocean), and some swordfish ten feet long, those prophetic heralds of the hurricane whose formidable sword would now and then strike the glass of the saloon.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
The Nile rat kills the crocodile, the swordfish kills the whale, the book will kill the edifice.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
I stood indeed as little chance among them as a cumbrous whale attacked on all sides by a legion of swordfish.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
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