Xiphias

//ˈzɪfiəs// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of swordfish.

    "Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]"

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

Synonyms

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doradogenus xiphiasswordfish

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"Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Xiphias or Latin xiphiās (“swordfish”).

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