FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Balaenopteridae mean? 

• FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. rorquals; blue whales

  Familiarity information: FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY BALAENOPTERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rorquals; blue whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae

Hypernyms ("family Balaenopteridae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Balaenopteridae"):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)

genus Megaptera; Megaptera (humpback whales)

Holonyms ("family Balaenopteridae" is a member of...):

Mysticeti; suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks)