||Xiph"i*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
xi`fos a sword.] (Zoöl.) 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.
||Xiph"i*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
xi`fos a sword.] (Zoöl.) 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.