Noun swordfish has 2 senses
  1. swordfish - flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
    --1 is a kind of
    saltwater fish
    --1 is a part of swordfish, Xiphias gladius
  2. swordfish, Xiphias gladius - large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
    --2 is a kind of scombroid, scombroid fish
    --2 is a member of Xiphias, genus Xiphias
    --2 has parts: swordfish
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