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ZIPHIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

Synonyms:

family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ziphiidae"):

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

genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon (bottle-nosed whales)

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

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

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