- Gr****-derived term
xiphoid and its
Latin equivalent, ensiform,
connote a "
swordlike" or "sword-shaped" morphology. The
xiphoid process is
anatomically situated...
-
United States Navy
named for the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. The
contract to
build Swordfish was awarded...
-
United States Navy
named for the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. She was the
first American submarine to sink...
- riot control.
Peter Hathaway Capstick describes a
sjambok as a
short swordlike whip made from
rhino pizzle leather that
could lay a man open like a straight...
- been
named USS
Swordfish after the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine...
- Greece.
Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in), it is a
cormous perennial, with
narrow swordlike leaves, and pale
lilac or
white flowers with a
yellow centre, appearing...
- are
white to
greenish white with
black longitudinal stripes. A pair of
swordlike tails extend from the hindwings. The
inner margin of the
hindwing has...
- cut (the verb 'temnein'
meaning "to cut"),
which refers to the plant's
swordlike leaves. In
contrast to what its
English name suggests, it is not a true...
-
found in
Germany (P. psyche) and Morocco. It is
characterized by the
swordlike extension from the
front of the head. Like all
sighted Phacopina, Psychopyge...
- from
rainforest to savannah. Some
possess tails which may be long and
swordlike,
while others lack any
hindwing extensions.
Graphium species are often...
