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ODONTOCETI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Odontoceti mean?
• ODONTOCETI (noun)
The noun ODONTOCETI has 1 sense:
1. toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
Familiarity information: ODONTOCETI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti
Hypernyms ("Odontoceti" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Odontoceti"):
toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)
family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)
family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
family Platanistidae; Platanistidae (river dolphins)
Holonyms ("Odontoceti" is a member of...):
Cetacea; order Cetacea (an order of Eutheria)
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