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Show 1 This-Curious World - : 1 ! IS BOTH J, t male: . vVA'y ' : ! and fi? Jy foa A ! FEMALE I ; Wo-.li fM)o"n SAME TiM. ' is a relative: of the V BEAUTIFUL. CALLA LILVS ONCE WENT BV THE - J SCIENTIFIC NAME OF 5&-?Bf XPHIAS ROST?. APCE ENS- ""VSTn & O formf, pnns ventslbus J"" AULUS," MEANING, "SvVORD SNOUT, TIP ----??L POINTED, VENTRAL FINS ABS gL,, THB present-day scientific name of the swordfish is Xiphias gladius, Greek and Latin for "sword," which is quite simple after the long name given above. In early days, the scientific name attempted at-tempted to describe the animal in Latin words. |