HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS

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Meaning:

Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead

Synonyms:

bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus

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Nouns denoting animals

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

beaked whale (any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw)

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

genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon (bottle-nosed whales)

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