GENUS ESCHRICHTIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eschrichtius mean? 

• GENUS ESCHRICHTIUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ESCHRICHTIUS has 1 sense:

1. type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ESCHRICHTIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ESCHRICHTIUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eschrichtius; genus Eschrichtius

Hypernyms ("genus Eschrichtius" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eschrichtius"):

devilfish; Eschrichtius gibbosus; Eschrichtius robustus; gray whale; grey whale (medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific)

Holonyms ("genus Eschrichtius" is a member of...):

Eschrichtiidae; family Eschrichtiidae (comprising only the grey whales)