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Webster 1913 Edition


Sailfish

Sail′fish

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Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
The banner fish, or spikefish (
Histiophorus
.)
(b)
The basking, or liver, shark.
(c)
The quillback.

Definition 2024


sailfish

sailfish

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Noun

sailfish (plural sailfishes or sailfish)

  1. A fish of the genus Istiophorus, having a characteristic sail-like fin on its back.

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