HYPEROODON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hyperoodon mean? 

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

1. bottle-nosed whales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPEROODON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bottle-nosed whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hyperoodon; Hyperoodon

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hyperoodon"):

bottle-nosed whale; bottlenose; bottlenose whale; Hyperoodon ampullatus (northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead)

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

family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)