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Gladius
(gcide) | Gladius \Gla"di*us\, n.; pl. Gladii. [L., a sword.] (Zool.)
The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.
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GLADIUS
(bouvier) | GLADIUS. In our old Latin authors, and in the Norman laws, this word was
used to signify supreme jurisdiction, jus gladii.
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Gladius
(gcide) | Gladius \Gla"di*us\, n.; pl. Gladii. [L., a sword.] (Zool.)
The internal shell, or pen, of cephalopods like the squids.
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Xiphias gladius
(gcide) | Swordfish \Sword"fish`\, n.
1. (Zool.)
(a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the
only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is
highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper
jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid,
swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without
distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The
adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet
or more long.
(b) The gar pike.
(c) The cutlass fish.
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2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
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Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera)
which attaches itself to the swordfish.
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xiphias gladius
(wn) | Xiphias gladius
n 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 [syn:
swordfish, Xiphias gladius] |
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