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    ZIPHIIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridaeplay

    Synonyms:

    family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Ziphiidae"):

    beaked whale (any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw)

    genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon (bottle-nosed whales)

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

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

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