Xiphias

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Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Xiphias m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Xiphiidae – the swordfish.

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English

Proper noun

Xiphias

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