Swordfish

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“Swordfish is a popular name for any individual of the Xiphiidæ. They are pelagic fishes, widely distributed in tropical and sub-tropical seas, and are extremely strong and swift. Their popular name is derived from their formidable sword-like weapon, formed by the coalescence and prolongation of the maxillary and intermaxillary bones beyond the lower jaw; it is very hard and strong, and capable of inflicting terrible wounds."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

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fish, Swordfish, xiphiidae, xiphidæ, pelagic fishes, coalescense and prolongation of maxillary and intermaxillary, formidable sword-like weapon

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Source

Everybody's Cyclopedia (New York, NY: Syndicate Publishing Company, 1912)

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