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ziffius

ziffius is the obsolete form of xiphias.

Meaning of xiphias

Noun

xiphias (plural xiphias)

  1. Synonym of swordfish.
    • Huge Ziffius, whom Mariners eschew / No lesse, then rockes, as travellers informe […]1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    swordfish

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Questions about ziffius

What is ziffius the obsolete form of?
Ziffius is the obsolete form of xiphias.

Words near ziffius in the dictionary

  1. Zietz
  2. Zietzes
  3. Zieve's syndrome
  4. ZIF
  5. ziff
  6. ziffius
  7. ziffs
  8. zifrosilone
  9. ZIFT
  10. ziftomenib
  11. ZIFTs

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