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# sailfish

«sailfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big ocean fish with a tall fin on its back that looks…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a sailfish, sailfish or sailfishes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sailfish is a big ocean fish with a tall fin on its back that looks like a sail and a long pointed bill like a sword. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#m1)

2) It is one of the fastest fish in the sea and hunts smaller fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science and nature lessons it appears with ocean animals, speed records and food chains; in stories about fishing trips and the sea; the tall fin tells the reader about its shape and how it herds fish.

### examples

- The sailfish raised its huge blue fin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x1)
- A sailfish can swim faster than a car on a town street. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x2)
- Sailfish use their long bills to stun little fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x3)
- We watched a video of sailfish hunting sardines. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x4)
- The fisherman caught a sailfish and let it go again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x5)
- Sailfish live in warm oceans around the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/#x6)

### note

The plural is usually the same: one sailfish, two sailfish («sailfishes» is used when talking about kinds). It is a fish, not a boat. Claims that it is «the fastest fish» are often repeated but hard to measure; say «one of the fastest».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sailfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sailfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.