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Xiphias

Xiphias \Xiph"i*as\, n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, fr. Gr. xifi`as, fr. xi`fos a sword.]

  1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.

  2. (Anat.)

    1. The constellation Dorado.

    2. A comet shaped like a sword

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
xiphias

1660s, genus of swordfish, from Greek xiphias "swordfish," from xiphos "a sword" (see xiphoid). Related: Xiphioid.

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xiphias

n. A swordfish.

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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.