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    FAMILY DELPHINIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Dolphinsplay

    Synonyms:

    Delphinidae; family Delphinidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Delphinidae" is a member of...):

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

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