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KOGIA BREVICEPS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Kogia breviceps mean?
• KOGIA BREVICEPS (noun)
The noun KOGIA BREVICEPS has 1 sense:
1. small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
Familiarity information: KOGIA BREVICEPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Kogia breviceps; pygmy sperm whale
Hypernyms ("Kogia breviceps" is a kind of...):
toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)
Holonyms ("Kogia breviceps" is a member of...):
genus Kogia; Kogia (pygmy sperm whales)
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