- Gr****-derived term
xiphoid and its
Latin equivalent, ensiform,
connote a "
swordlike" or "sword-shaped" morphology. The
xiphoid process is
anatomically situated...
- riot control.
Peter Hathaway Capstick describes a
sjambok as a
short swordlike whip made from
rhino pizzle leather that
could lay a man open like a straight...
-
United States Navy
named for the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. The
contract to
build Swordfish was awarded...
-
United States Navy
named for the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. She was the
first American submarine to sink...
- cut (the verb 'temnein'
meaning "to cut"),
which refers to the plant's
swordlike leaves. In
contrast to what its
English name suggests, it is not a true...
- been
named USS
Swordfish after the swordfish, a
large fish with a long,
swordlike beak and a high
dorsal fin. USS Swordfish (SS-193), a Sargo-class submarine...
-
initiated military reforms in
which a
short stabbing spear, with a long,
swordlike spearhead named iklwa, had
become the Zulu warrior's main
weapon and was...
- are
white to
greenish white with
black longitudinal stripes. A pair of
swordlike tails extend from the hindwings. The
inner margin of the
hindwing has...
- from
rainforest to savannah. Some
possess tails which may be long and
swordlike,
while others lack any
hindwing extensions.
Graphium species are often...
- tall by 150 cm (59 in) broad. It has a
basal rosette of
sharply pointed,
swordlike leaves up to 55 cm (22 in) long. In summer, 150 cm (59 in) long panicles...
