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 Definitions of swordtail  [ˈsɔrdˌteɪl, ˈsoʊrd-]  

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Definition of 'swordtail' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) swordtail
any freshwater fish of the Central American genus Xiphophorus: the male has a swordlike extension of the lower caudal fin.

Etymology:  (1925–30)

Definition of 'swordtail' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) swordtail, helleri, topminnow, Xyphophorus helleri
freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail; popular aquarium fish


Definition of 'swordtail' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) swordtail
the limulus

2. (noun) swordtail
any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees


Translation of 'swordtail' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a tropical fish of fresh water, the male having a long sword-shaped tail.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: swaardstert Arabic flag Arabic: سَمَك ذو ذيل شَبيه بالسَّ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: риба меч
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espada Czech flag Czech: mečovka German flag German: der Schwertschwanzfisch
Danish flag Danish: sværddrager Greek flag Greek: είδος τροπικού ψαριού Spanish flag Spanish: pez espada
Estonian flag Estonian: mõõkkala Farsi flag Farsi: شمشيرماهي Finnish flag Finnish: miekkapyrstö
French flag French: porte-épée Hebrew flag Hebrew: דָג חֶרֶב Hindi flag Hindi: एक मछली
Croatian flag Croatian: švert, sabljonoša (tropsk Hungarian flag Hungarian: mexikói kardfarkú hal Indonesian flag Indonesian: ikan ekor pedang
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hitabeltisfiskur Italian flag Italian: (portatore di spada) Japanese flag Japanese: ソードテール
Korean flag Korean: (민물고기) 소드테일 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: kardonešis Malay flag Malay: ikan ekor pedang
Dutch flag Dutch: zwaarddragertje Norwegian flag Norwegian: sverdfisk Polish flag Polish: ryba-miecz
Persian flag Persian: شمشيرماهي Pashto flag Pashto: شمشیر ماهی Romanian flag Romanian: peşte-spadă
Russian flag Russian: меченосец Slovak flag Slovak: mečovka Slovenian flag Slovenian: mečarica
Serbian flag Serbian: sabljarka Swedish flag Swedish: svärdbärare Thai flag Thai: ปลาเขตร้อนที่มีขนาดเล็ก
Turkish flag Turkish: kılıçkuyruk Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 劍尾魚 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: мечоносець
Urdu flag Urdu: صاف پانی میں رہنے والی ای Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cá mũi kiếm Chinese flag Chinese: 剑尾鱼

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