Hyperoodon
Appearance
See also: hyperoodon and hyperoödon
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either Ancient Greek ὑπερῷος (huperôios, “that is above”, “superior”) or ὑπερῴη (huperṓiē, “palate”) + -odon.
Proper noun
[edit]Hyperoodon 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; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; 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