Xiphias
/ˈzɪfiəs/ name, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Synonym of swordfish.
"Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]"
Proper Noun
- 1 Synonym of Dorado (“constellation of the southern sky”).
Example
More examples"Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]"
Etymology
Borrowed from translingual Xiphias or Latin xiphiās (“swordfish”).