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sailfish

DEFINITIONS OF: sailfish

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n large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Types:
Atlantic sailfish, Istiophorus albicans
a kind of sailfish
Type of:
scombroid, scombroid fish
important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters

n a saltwater fish with lean flesh

Type of:
saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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