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xiphiiform

xiphiiform adjective: sword-shaped.

Adjective

xiphiiform (not comparable)

  1. Sword-shaped.
    • The sword and the spear are formed of the greatly produced premaxillary bones and constitute the most marked character of the xiphiiform fishes.1940, Eugene Willis Gudger, The Alleged Pugnacity of the Swordfish and the Spearfishes as Shown by Their Attacks on Vessels, page 219
    • Scientific investigation on xiphiiform fishes from Formosa1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 356

Questions about xiphiiform

What does xiphiiform mean?
Xiphiiform means sword-shaped.
What part of speech is xiphiiform?
Xiphiiform is an adjective.

Words near xiphiiform in the dictionary

  1. xiphidiocercous
  2. xiphihumeralis
  3. xiphihumeralises
  4. xiphiid
  5. xiphiids
  6. xiphiiform
  7. xiphioid
  8. xiphioids
  9. xiphiplastra
  10. xiphiplastral
  11. xiphiplastron

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