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Xiphias(dictionary)

Xiphias (iou)



Xiphias noun. Also xiphias. M17.
[mod. Latin from Greek, from xiphos sword.]
Zoology. The swordfish, Xiphias gladius. Now only as mod. Latin genus name. M17.
Astronomy. The constellation Dorado. Only in 18.
xiphioid adjective & noun (a) adjective resembling or allied to the swordfish; belonging to the perciform superfamily Xiphioidea, which comprises the swordfish, sailfishes, spearfishes, and marlins; (b) noun a xiphioid fish: M19.