Ziphiidae — noun beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae • Syn: ↑family Ziphiidae, ↑Hyperodontidae, ↑family Hyperodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Odontoceti … Useful english dictionary
family Hyperodontidae — noun beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae • Syn: ↑Ziphiidae, ↑family Ziphiidae, ↑Hyperodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑mammal family • Member Holonyms: ↑Odontoceti, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
mammal family — noun a family of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossidae, ↑family Tachyglossidae, ↑Ornithorhynchidae, ↑family Ornithorhynchidae, ↑Didelphidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Sperm whale family — Taxobox name = Sperm whales fossil range = Oligocene to Recent image caption = Sperm Whale, Physeter macrocephalus image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cetacea subordo = Odontoceti subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
Perrin's beaked whale — Size comparison against an average human Conservation status … Wikipedia
beaked whale — noun any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw • Hypernyms: ↑toothed whale • Hyponyms: ↑bottle nosed whale, ↑bottlenose whale, ↑bottlenose, ↑Hyperoodon ampullatus • … Useful english dictionary
cetacean — cetaceous, adj. /si tay sheuhn/, adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830 40; < NL Cetace(a) name of the order (see CET , ACEA) + AN] * * *… … Universalium
Hector's beaked whale — Size comparison against an average human Conservation status … Wikipedia
beaked whale — any of several toothed whales of the family Hyperoodontidae (Ziphiidae), inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws. [1875 80] * * * ▪ mammal Introduction any of 21 species of medium sized toothed whales (toothed whale) with extended snouts … Universalium
Beaked whale — Taxobox name = Beaked whales fossil range = Miocene Recent image width = 250px image caption = Sowerby s Beaked Whale (on Faroese stamp) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Theria infraclassis = Eutheria ordo =… … Wikipedia