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DELPHINIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dolphins

Synonyms:

Delphinidae; family Delphinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Delphinidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Delphinidae"):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Delphinus; genus Delphinus (type genus of the Delphinidae)

genus Tursiops; Tursiops (a genus of Delphinidae)

genus Phocoena; Phocoena (porpoises)

genus Grampus (grampus)

genus Orcinus; Orcinus (killer whales)

genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)

Holonyms ("Delphinidae" is a member of...):

Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales)

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