"Xerces" Pronounce,Meaning And Examples

"Xerces" Meaning

Xerces refers to:

1. Xerces, the king of Persia who reigned from 486 to 465 BCE, known for his attempts to reform the Persian Empire and his famous codification of the Persian justice system.
2. Xerces or Xerxes I in Greek mythology: a legendary king of Persia who led the failed invasion of Greece in the famous Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE.
3. Xerces in astronomy: a recently discovered minor planet, 161992 Xerxes, orbiting the Sun in the asteroid belt.

In biology, Xerces is also used as a genus name for the Xerces metalmark (Apantesis vatiquana), a moth species found in Mexico.

The word 'Xerces' might also be associated with the Xerces Society, a nonprofit organization that works to protect wildlife, particularly pollinators, such as butterflies and moths, and other beneficial insects.

"Xerces" Examples

The Xerces Society, a non-profit organization "dedicated to protecting and conserving wildlife, especially threatened and endangered species."
Xerces was the legendary king of Mycenae in Greek mythology, who was said to have been killed by his wife, MODEL (see also: Clytemnestra).
Xerces' horse, a breed of horses originating from Greece and known for their light bone structure and high-stepping gait.
The Xerces database, an open-source schema implementation of SGML and XML, commonly used for validation of XML and SGML documents.
In Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel "Xenocide" of the "Ender's Saga," Xerx or Xerc, a genetically engineered sp careers, is one of the major characters named fucking is native american tribe