genus Hyperoodon

genus Hyperoodon
noun
bottle-nosed whales
Syn: ↑Hyperoodon
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

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  • Hyperoodon — prop. n. (Zo[ o]l.) The mammalian genus comprised of the bottle nosed whales. Syn: genus {Hyperoodon}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hyperoodon — noun bottle nosed whales • Syn: ↑genus Hyperoodon • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Ziphiidae, ↑family Ziphiidae, ↑Hyperodontidae, ↑family Hyperodonti …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hyperoodon ampullatus — noun northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead • Syn: ↑bottle nosed whale, ↑bottlenose whale, ↑bottlenose • Hypernyms: ↑beaked whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Hyperoodon, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hyperoodon bidens — Bottlehead Bot tle*head , n. (Zo[ o]l.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; called also {bottle nosed whale}. [1913 Webster] Note: There are several species so named, as the pilot whales, of the genus {Globicephalus}, and one or more species of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hyperoödon — noun /haɪpəˈɹəʊədɒn/ A genus of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale …   Wiktionary

  • mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cetacea — Cetaceans[1] Temporal range: 55–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Toothed whale — Toothed whales Temporal range: Eocene–Recent …   Wikipedia

  • 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

  • List of placental mammals in Orders Pholidota and Cetacea — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… …   Wikipedia

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