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HYPEROODON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bottle-nosed whales
Synonyms:
genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hyperoodon" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Hyperoodon"):
bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus (northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead)
Holonyms ("Hyperoodon" is a member of...):
family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)
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