Swordtail \Sword"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The limulus.
(b) Any hemipterous insect of the genus {Uroxiphus}, found
upon forest trees.
swordtail
n : freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike
tail; popular aquarium fish [syn: {helleri}, {topminnow},
{Xyphophorus helleri}]