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Xiphias

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Translingual

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Xiphias m

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

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English

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Proper noun

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Xiphias

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