ziphiinæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. zip hi (us); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -inæ.] Zool.: A sub-family of Physeter ide, with four genera, Hype rood on, Me so plod on, Berardius, and Ziphius (q. v.). Teeth of mandible rudimentary, except one or two pairs, which may be largely developed, especially in the males; spiracle single, crescentic; pectoral fin small, ovate, all five digits well developed. They appear to feed chiefly on small cephalopods, and occur singly or in small herds. ziph-1-61d, a. & s. [Mod. Lat. zip hi (us); Eng. suff. -oid.] IMG:content-1129.png:[blocks in formation] Mediterranean. It was on an imperfect skull of this species, picked up on the Mediterranean coast of France, in 1804, and described by Cuvier, who thought that it belonged to an extinct animal, in his O e- Skull of Ziphius Cavirostris. mens Fo iles, that the genus was founded. Teeth of this or of an allied species from the Suffolk and Antwerp Crag. mineralogist at Prague; suff. -ite ( Min.).] zip-pē-ite (zastz), s. [After Prof. Zippe, the Mineral.: A mineral occurring as an alteration product of uraninite (q. v.) at Joachimsthal, Bohemia. Acicular, sometimes in rosette-like groups of needles or small botryoidal. Hardne , 3.0; color, shades of yellow. Composition: E entially a hydrated sulphate of sesquioxide of uranium.