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PLATANISTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

River dolphins

Synonyms:

family Platanistidae; Platanistidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Platanistidae"):

river dolphin (any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia)

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

Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales)

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