'Swordfish sucker' definitions:

Definition of 'Swordfish sucker'

From: GCIDE
  • Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n.
  • 1. (Zool.) (a) 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. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. [1913 Webster]
  • Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish. [1913 Webster]