English Dictionary

BALAENOPTERIDAE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balaenopteridae mean? 

BALAENOPTERIDAE (noun)
  The noun BALAENOPTERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. rorquals; blue whalesplay

  Familiarity information: BALAENOPTERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BALAENOPTERIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Rorquals; blue whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Balaenopteridae"):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)

genus Megaptera; Megaptera (humpback whales)

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

Mysticeti; suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks)


 Learn English with... Proverbs 
"All things come to he who waits." (English proverb)

"A man says his word to the face" (Azerbaijani proverb)

"If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges." (Arabic proverb)

"Shared grief is half grief" (Dutch proverb)



ALSO IN ENGLISH DICTIONARY:


© 2000-2023 AudioEnglish.org | AudioEnglish® is a Registered Trademark | Terms of use and privacy policy
Contact