xiphiiform
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]xiphiiform (not comparable)
- (zoology) Sword-shaped.
- 1940, Eugene Willis Gudger, The Alleged Pugnacity of the Swordfish and the Spearfishes as Shown by Their Attacks on Vessels, page 219:
- The sword and the spear are formed of the greatly produced premaxillary bones and constitute the most marked character of the xiphiiform fishes.
- 1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 356:
- Scientific investigation on xiphiiform fishes from Formosa