Meaning xiphias
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xiphias1660s, genus of swordfish, from Greek xiphias "swordfish," from xiphos "a sword" (see xiphoid). Related: Xiphioid.
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xiphiasnoun Definition: a swordfish-like fish Example Sentence: The new ocean park has a xiphias.
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xiphiassword-fish
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xiphias(n) type genus of the Xiphiidae
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xiphiasN M swordfish
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xiphiasThe common swordfish of the Mediterranean. Has no central fin.
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xiphias
A swordfish.
* '''1590''', Edmund Spenser, ''The Faerie Queene'', II.xii:
*: Huge ''Ziffius'', whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe [...].
* '''1700''', ''Philosoph [..]
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