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GENUS PHOCOENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phocoena mean?
• GENUS PHOCOENA (noun)
The noun GENUS PHOCOENA has 1 sense:
1. porpoises
Familiarity information: GENUS PHOCOENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Porpoises
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phocoena; Phocoena
Hypernyms ("genus Phocoena" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phocoena"):
porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)
Holonyms ("genus Phocoena" is a member of...):
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
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