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xiphias|ˈzɪfɪæs|
Also 9 erron. xy-.
[L., a. Gr. ξιϕίας, f. ξίϕος sword.]
1. A swordfish, esp. X. gladius; in mod. Zool. (with capital initial), the genus of fishes of which this is the common species, characterized by having the upper jaw prolonged into a sword-like weapon.
1667Phil. Trans. II 492 Having..dissected the head of a Xiphias or Sword-fish. 1763C. Smart Song to David lxxv, Strong through the turbulent profound Shoots xiphias to his aim. 1860Wraxall Life in Sea v. 108 The heel of an East Indiaman was once bored by a twenty-foot Xyphias so violently, that the sword went in up to the root, and the fish was killed by the force of the blow.
2. Astron. (With capital initial.) A southern constellation, also called Dorado or the Sword-fish.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Constellation. 1771 [see swordfish 2].
Hence xiphiad |ˈzɪfɪæd|, a fish of the family Xiphiidæ.
1859–62Sir J. Richardson, etc. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 137 Xiphiads or Sword-fishes. |