FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Eschrichtiidae mean? 

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

1. comprising only the grey whales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprising only the grey whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eschrichtiidae; family Eschrichtiidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Eschrichtiidae"):

Eschrichtius; genus Eschrichtius (type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae)

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

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