What is espadon? espadon is swordfish
What is swordfish?
- Grande et large épée qu'on tenait à deux mains (XVe-XVIIe s.).
Large and wide sword held in both hands (15th-17th century).
- Très grand poisson (6 m, 500 kg) des mers tempérées et chaudes, pourvu d'un rostre de 2 m de long (d'où son nom de poisson-épée), très agressif, pêché pour sa chair savoureuse.
Very large fish (6 m, 500 kg) of warm temperate seas, with a rostrum 2 m long (hence its name of sword fish), very aggressive, caught for its tasty flesh.