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PHOCOENA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Porpoises

Synonyms:

genus Phocoena; Phocoena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Phocoena"):

porpoise (any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth)

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

Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)

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