Delphinoidea

Translingual

Delphinus delphis

Etymology

From Delphinus +‎ -oidea.

Proper noun

Delphinoidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – many of the toothed whales.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): 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

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins), Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal), Phocoenidae (porpoises) (families)
  • Albireonidae, Kentriodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae (extinct families)
  • Delphinavus, Graamocetus, Lamprolithax, Miodelphis, Nannolithax, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Palaeophocaena, Platylithax, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis (genera, incertae sedis)

References

• Delphinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Delphinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Odontoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Delphinoidea at Paleobiology Database