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GENUS DELPHINUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Delphinidae

Synonyms:

Delphinus; genus Delphinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Delphinus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Delphinus"):

common dolphin; Delphinus delphis (black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water)

Holonyms ("genus Delphinus" is a member of...):

Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)

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