英语词汇“xiphias”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

xiphias

释义

xiphias|ˈzɪfɪæs|
Also 9 erron. xy-.
[L., a. Gr. ξιϕίας, f. ξίϕος sword.]
1. A swordfish, esp. X. gladius; in mod. Zool. (with capital initial), the genus of fishes of which this is the common species, characterized by having the upper jaw prolonged into a sword-like weapon.
1667Phil. Trans. II 492 Having..dissected the head of a Xiphias or Sword-fish.1763C. Smart Song to David lxxv, Strong through the turbulent profound Shoots xiphias to his aim.1860Wraxall Life in Sea v. 108 The heel of an East Indiaman was once bored by a twenty-foot Xyphias so violently, that the sword went in up to the root, and the fish was killed by the force of the blow.
2. Astron. (With capital initial.) A southern constellation, also called Dorado or the Sword-fish.
1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Constellation. 1771 [see swordfish 2].
Hence xiphiad |ˈzɪfɪæd|, a fish of the family Xiphiidæ.
1859–62Sir J. Richardson, etc. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1868) II. 137 Xiphiads or Sword-fishes.

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