'Xiphius' definitions:

Definition of 'Xiphius'

From: GCIDE

Xiphius \Xiph"i*us\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. xi`fos a sword.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]