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  • curprev 06:3406:34, 3 September 2024 Pottooslothy696 Message Wall contribs 1,482 bytes +1,482 Created page with "The '''xiphis''', also spelt '''xifi''', '''xioig''', and '''xsipig''', was an animal depicted on the Nile mosaic of Palestrina, and possibly a mosaic in the House of the Physician in Pompeii. According to Dennis F. Kitchell, its name is nonsensical and has no meaning. One theory was that the animal was a poorly-drawn elephant, but Paul G. P. Meyboom rejected this and suggested it was a sarkophagos tauros, a "carnivorous buffalo" reported from :Category:Ethiopia|Ethio..." Tag: Visual edit
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