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Xiphias
Xiphias Xiph"i*as, n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, fr. Gr. xifi`as, fr. xi`fos a sword.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish. 2. (Anat.) (a) The constellation Dorado. (b) A comet shaped like a sword
Xiphias gladius
Swordfish Sword"fish`, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiid[ae]. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. 2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish.

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- The swordfish (Xiphias gladius), also known as the broadbill in some countries, are large, highly migratory predatory fish characterized by a long, flat...
- Pararge xiphia, the Madeiran speckled wood, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the island of Madeira. It is considered as endangered...
- Alexios Xiphias (Gr****: Ἀλέξιος Ξιφίας, Latin: Alexius Xifea) was a Byzantine protospatharios and catepan of Italy from 1006 to 1007, following the long...
- Nikephoros Xiphias (Gr****: Νικηφόρος Ξιφίας, fl. c. 1000 – 1028) was a Byzantine military commander during the reign of Emperor Basil II. He pla**** a...
- Nychitona xiphia var. nicobarica Doherty, 1886 Leptosia xiphia fumigata Fruhstorfer, 1903 Leptosia aurisparsa Fruhstorfer Leptosia xiphia comma Fruhstorfer...
- Acrolepia xiphias is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in Chile. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching...
- Palaemon xiphias is a species of shrimp of the family Palaemonidae. It is found in the eastern Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean. "Palaemon xiphias Risso...
- Agrotis xiphias is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1899. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and...
- Synodontis xiphias is a species of upside-down catfish that is native to the Niger River basin of Nigeria. It was first described by German ichthyologist...
- Tephritomyia xiphias is a species of tephritid or fruit flies in the genus Tephritomyia of the family Tephritidae. Ethiopia, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya....