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ODONTOCETI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
Synonyms:
Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Odontoceti" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Odontoceti"):
toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)
family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)
family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
family Platanistidae; Platanistidae (river dolphins)
Holonyms ("Odontoceti" is a member of...):
Cetacea; order Cetacea (an order of Eutheria)
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