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DELPHINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Delphinidae mean?
• DELPHINIDAE (noun)
The noun DELPHINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. dolphins
Familiarity information: DELPHINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dolphins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae
Hypernyms ("Delphinidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Delphinidae"):
dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)
Delphinus; genus Delphinus (type genus of the Delphinidae)
genus Tursiops; Tursiops (a genus of Delphinidae)
genus Phocoena; Phocoena (porpoises)
genus Grampus (grampus)
genus Orcinus; Orcinus (killer whales)
genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)
Holonyms ("Delphinidae" is a member of...):
Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales)
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