Hyperoodon
See also: hyperoodon and hyperoödon
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”) + -odon.
Proper noun
editHyperoodon m
- 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