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KOGIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pygmy sperm whales

Synonyms:

genus Kogia; Kogia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Kogia"):

Kogia breviceps; pygmy sperm whale (small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America)

dwarf sperm whale; Kogia simus (very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific)

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

family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)

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