FAMILY ESCHRICHTIIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Comprising only the grey whales

Synonyms:

Eschrichtiidae; family Eschrichtiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)