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Xiphias Gladius

Definition: Xiphias Gladius

Xiphias Gladius

Noun

1. Large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonym: Xiphias Gladius

Synonym: swordfish (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Xiphias Gladius

Non-English Usage: "Xiphias Gladius" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (broadbill, swordfish).

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Image Slideshow: Xiphias Gladius

Illustrations:
Xiphias Gladius

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Photo Album: Xiphias Gladius

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Plate 115. The Swordfish. Xiphias gladius, L. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Xiphias Gladius

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

xiphias gladius

5
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Anagrams: Xiphias Gladius

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-h-i-i-i-l-p-s-s-u-x"

-4 letters: guildships.

-5 letters: guildship.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Xiphias Gladius


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

58 69 70 68 69 61 73      47 6C 61 64 69 75 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01011000 01101001 01110000 01101000 01101001 01100001 01110011 00100000 01000111 01101100 01100001 01100100 01101001 01110101 01110011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#88 &#105 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#97 &#115 &#32 &#71 &#108 &#97 &#100 &#105 &#117 &#115

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0058 0069 0070 0068 0069 0061 0073      0047 006C 0061 0064 0069 0075 0073

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

58758274756785241786770758785

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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