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xiphoids

xiphoids is the plural of xiphoid.

Meaning of xiphoid

Noun

xiphoid (plural xiphoids)

  1. The xiphoid process.
    • In Asian pangolins the xiphoids are shorter[…]2000, Kurt Schwenk, Feeding: Form, Function and Evolution in Tetrapod Vertebrates, page 466

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Questions about xiphoids

What is xiphoids the plural of?
Xiphoids is the plural of xiphoid.

Words near xiphoids in the dictionary

  1. xiphoidal
  2. xiphoidalgia
  3. xiphoidectomy
  4. xiphoidian
  5. xiphoiditis
  6. xiphoids
  7. xiphonite
  8. xiphoomphaloischiopagus
  9. xiphoomphalopagus
  10. xiphopagi
  11. xiphopagic

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