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    HYPEROODON

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bottle-nosed whalesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Hyperoodon"):

    bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus (northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead)

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

    family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)

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