Translingual

Proper noun

Hyperoodon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the bottlenose whales.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Mammalia - class, Theria - subclass, Eutheria - infraclass, Epitheria - magnorder, Laurasiatheria - superorder, Cetartiodactyla - clade, Cetacea - order, Neoceti - clade, Odontoceti - suborder, Ziphiidae - family; Hyperoodontinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Hyperoodon ampullatus, Hyperoodon planifrons - extant species

English

Alternative forms

• hyperoödon

Noun

hyperoodon ‎(plural hyperoodons)

1. (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.

See also

• hyperoodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bottlenose whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Hyperoodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• “‖hyperoödon” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]