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Type genus of the Xiphiidae
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xiphias
Word definitions for xiphias in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A swordfish.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1660s, genus of swordfish, from Greek xiphias "swordfish," from xiphos "a sword" (see xiphoid ). Related: Xiphioid .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Xiphias \Xiph"i*as\, n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, fr. Gr. xifi`as, fr. xi`fos a sword.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish. (Anat.) The constellation Dorado. A comet shaped like a sword
Usage examples of xiphias.
Dark on the back, white underneath, round and massive of body clear down to the tail, with the flattened side protuberances very marked, thick to the juncture with the flukes, he indeed gave a first impression of being some relation to old Xiphias gladius.