MEGAPTERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megaptera mean? 

• MEGAPTERA (noun)
  The noun MEGAPTERA has 1 sense:

1. humpback whales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGAPTERA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Humpback whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Megaptera; Megaptera

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Megaptera"):

humpback; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae (large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives)

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

Balaenopteridae; family Balaenopteridae (rorquals; blue whales)