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GENUS MONODON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Monodontidae

Synonyms:

genus Monodon; Monodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monodon"):

Monodon monoceros; narwal; narwhal; narwhale (small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk)

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

family Monodontidae; Monodontidae (narwhals)

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