Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Xiphias

Xiphias , proper noun

[Latin, a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, from Greek xifi`as, from xi`fos a sword.]

1.
(Zoology) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.
2.
(a) (Anatomy) The constellation Dorado.
(b)
(Anatomy) A comet shaped like a sword