Hyperoodon
See also: hyperoodon and hyperoödon
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”), combined irregularly with ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”).
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the bottlenose whales.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Ziphiidae - family; Hyperoodontinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Hyperoodon ampullatus, Hyperoodon planifrons - extant species
References edit
Bottlenose whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hyperoodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Hyperoodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
