Hyperoodon
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See also: hyperoodon and hyperoödon
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”), combined irregularly with ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).
Proper noun[edit]
Hyperoodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the bottlenose whales.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Ziphiidae - family; Hyperoodontinae - subfamily
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Hyperoodon ampullatus, Hyperoodon planifrons - extant species
References[edit]
- Bottlenose whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hyperoodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hyperoodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons