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HYPERODONTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyperodontidae mean?
• HYPERODONTIDAE (noun)
The noun HYPERODONTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Familiarity information: HYPERODONTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae
Hypernyms ("Hyperodontidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Hyperodontidae"):
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 ("Hyperodontidae" is a member of...):
Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales)
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