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HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyperoodon ampullatus mean?
• HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS (noun)
The noun HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS has 1 sense:
1. northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
Familiarity information: HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HYPEROODON AMPULLATUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus
Hypernyms ("Hyperoodon ampullatus" is a kind of...):
beaked whale (any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw)
Holonyms ("Hyperoodon ampullatus" is a member of...):
genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon (bottle-nosed whales)
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