Hyperoodon

See also: hyperoodon and hyperoödon

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”), combined irregularly with ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).

Proper noun

Hyperoodon m

A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the bottlenose whales.

Hypernyms

(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

(genus): Hyperoodon ampullatus, Hyperoodon planifrons - extant species

References

Bottlenose whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyperoodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Hyperoodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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