Xanthura, zan-thū′ra, n. a genus of American jays, with yellow tail. [Gr. xanthos, yellow, oura, tail.]
Xantippe, zan-tip′e, n. a scold, shrew. [Wife of Socrates.]
Xebec, zē′bek, n. a small three-masted vessel much used by the former corsairs of Algiers. [Sp.,—Turk. sumbakī.]
Xema, zē′ma, n. the genus of fork-tailed gulls.
Xenarthral, zen-arth′ral, adj. peculiarly jointed, as dorso-lumbar vertebræ. [Gr. xenos, strange, arthron, a joint.]
Xenial, zē′ni-al, adj. of or belonging to hospitality. [Gr. xenos, a guest.]
Xenium, zē′ni-um, n. a present made to a guest, stranger, or ambassador. [Gr.]
Xenodochy, zē-nod′ō-ki, n. reception of strangers.—n. Xenodochē′um, a building for the reception of strangers: an inn in modern Greece.
Xenogamy, zen-og′a-mi, n. (bot.) cross-fertilisation. [Gr. xenos, strange, gamos, marriage.]
Xenogenesis, zen-ō-jen′e-sis, n. the generation of something altogether and permanently unlike the parent.—adj. Xenogenet′ic. [Gr. xenos, a stranger, genesis, birth.]