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xiphius

xiphius


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Xiphius  \Xiph"i*us\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  xi`fos  a  sword.] 
  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  genus  of  cetaceans  having  a  long,  pointed,  bony  beak, 
  usually  two  tusklike  teeth  in  the  lower  jaw,  but  no  teeth  in 
  the  upper  jaw.