"xiphioid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more xiphioid [comparative], most xiphioid [superlative]
Etymology: From ξιφία (xiphía), from ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ξιφία}} ξιφία (xiphía), {{m|grc|ξίφος||sword}} ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} xiphioid (comparative more xiphioid, superlative most xiphioid)
  1. (zoology) Resembling or related to the genus Xiphias (swordfish). Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-xiphioid-en-adj-A-3AITI3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -oid Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 26 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 51 15 34 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -oid: 44 25 31 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. (zoology) Resembling or related to the family Xiphiidae (a group of fish). Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Scombroids
    Sense id: en-xiphioid-en-adj-CftcS0X- Disambiguation of Scombroids: 31 48 21 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Noun

Forms: xiphioids [plural]
Etymology: From ξιφία (xiphía), from ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{m|grc|ξιφία}} ξιφία (xiphía), {{m|grc|ξίφος||sword}} ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} xiphioid (plural xiphioids)
  1. (zoology) Any member of the genus Xiphias or family Xiphiidae. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-xiphioid-en-noun-mPWoLu~i Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology

Inflected forms

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