Xiphianæ (zifiane)

pl. See Xiphiidæ2. xiph (oid) + humerus.] A muscle which in some animals pa es from the xiphoid cartilage to Xiphias (zif'i-as), n. [NL. (Linnæus, 1748), of Xiphiidæ, now restricted to swordfishes with Xiphias; the swordfishes. It has included forms the same as Xiphiinæ. Also Xiphioidæ, Xiphioides, Xi phi i formes, Xiphiadide, and Xiphianæ. See cut under naked, or in the young has rudimentary scales. X. gla dius is the common swordfish, dispersed in both Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, attaining a weight of 300 or 400 pounds, with the sword a yard long. It is dark-bluish above, dusky below, with the sword blackish on top. 2. In astron.: ( a ) A constellation made by Petrus The odor i in the fifteenth century, in the south pole of the ecliptic, and now named Do rado. ( b ) [ l. c.] In older authors, a sword shaped comet. by the true swordfishes alone, without teeth or ventral fins. See cut under swordfish. xiphioid1 (zif'i-oid), a. and n. In mammal. See ziphioid. xiphioid2 (zif'i-oid), a. and n. [ II, n. A member of the family Xiphiidæ . IMG:content-2647.png:[blocks in formation]