Meanings
adjectivexiphiiform (not comparable)
- not comparablebiologySword-shaped.
Scientific investigation on xiphiiform fishes from Formosa
1955, Joel Asaph Allen, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, page 3561 more example
The sword and the spear are formed of the greatly produced premaxillary bones and constitute the most marked character of the xiphiiform fishes.
1940, Eugene Willis Gudger, The Alleged Pugnacity of the Swordfish and the Spearfishes as Shown by Their Attacks on Vessels, page 219
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