Xiphias

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Translingual[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin xiphiās (“swordfish”), from Ancient Greek ξιφίας (xiphías), from ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”). Doublet of Ziphius.

Proper noun[edit]

Xiphias m

A taxonomic genus within the family Xiphiidae – the swordfish.

Hyponyms[edit]

(genus): Xiphias gladius - species

See also[edit]

Xiphias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xiphias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Xiphias

(astronomy) Synonym of Dorado (“constellation of the southern sky”)

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