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  • noun Plural form of swordfish.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of swordfish.

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Examples

  • May 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm oooh sownds deeliytefull…butt! ai members ai must stay awai frum swordfishes….till bebbeh gets heer n e wai. congarats tew A1 and Angelplume!

    These arn’t the - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010

  • To prove his theory Darwin wishes, That dogs had noses like swordfishes.

    Florida Keys Swordfish Limerick Contest John Merwin 2008

  • We see the same pattern -- now with these tags we're seeing a similar pattern for swordfishes, manta rays, tunas, a real three-dimensional play.

    Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

  • We see the same pattern -- now with these tags we're seeing a similar pattern for swordfishes, manta rays, tunas, a real three-dimensional play.

    Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

  • We see the same pattern -- now with these tags we're seeing a similar pattern for swordfishes, manta rays, tunas, a real three-dimensional play.

    Tierney Thys swims with the giant sunfish Tierney Thys 2003

  • I stuck Bingham at an out-of-the-way table under this truly tacky netting tangled up with varnished swordfishes, and went back to Sandy.

    A Corpse is a Corpse Browne, Richard W 2001

  • They now came to one of the avenues which led from the sea garden out into the broad ocean, and here two swordfishes were standing guard.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

  • "Those belonged to the wandering tribes of swordfishes," explained the Princess.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

  • "Those are swordfishes," remarked the Princess as she led the band past one of these avenues.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

  • They were larger than the swordfishes and seemed more fierce and bold.

    The Sea Fairies 1887

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