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GENUS MEGAPTERA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Megaptera mean?
• GENUS MEGAPTERA (noun)
The noun GENUS MEGAPTERA has 1 sense:
1. humpback whales
Familiarity information: GENUS MEGAPTERA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Humpback whales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Megaptera; Megaptera
Hypernyms ("genus Megaptera" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Megaptera"):
humpback; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae (large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives)
Holonyms ("genus Megaptera" is a member of...):
Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae (rorquals; blue whales)
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