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HYPEROODON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bottle-nosed whales

Synonyms:

genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hyperoodon" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hyperoodon"):

bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus (northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead)

Holonyms ("Hyperoodon" is a member of...):

family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)

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