# Names, animals and meanings (X)

*The Whorl list — 1 messages, 1 voices, 03 Aug 1998*

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### mary whalen
*03 Aug 1998, 21:33*

This is Sean Whalen (prion).

Xiphias.  Also xiph.  Latin for swordfish, from Greek xiphos (sword). 
The genus of fishes that includes the swordfish.  Xiphias is an old
but skillful swordsman.

prion

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