Mesoplodon
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέσος (meso, “middle”) + ὅπλα ( hopla, often in the plural: instruments of war: “arms”, “armour”, “weaplon”) + ὀδούς (odous, “teeth”), and may be translated as 'armed with a tooth in the centre of the jaw'.
Proper noun
[edit]Mesoplodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ziphiidae – the mesoplodont whales, most called beaked 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
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Mesoplodon stejnegeri - selected species
References
[edit]- Mesoplodon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mesoplodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mesoplodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons