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MYSTICETI

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks

Synonyms:

Mysticeti; suborder Mysticeti

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Mysticeti"):

baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)

Balaenidae; family Balaenidae (right whales)

Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae (rorquals; blue whales)

Eschrichtiidae; family Eschrichtiidae (comprising only the grey whales)

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

Cetacea; order Cetacea (an order of Eutheria)

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