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ODONTOCETI

Dictionary entry overview: What does Odontoceti mean?

• ODONTOCETI (noun)
The noun ODONTOCETI has 1 sense:

1. toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales

Familiarity information: ODONTOCETI used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ODONTOCETI (noun)

Sense 1

Odontoceti ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti

Hypernyms ("Odontoceti" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Odontoceti"):

toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)

family Physeteridae; Physeteridae (sperm whales)

family Hyperodontidae; family Ziphiidae; Hyperodontidae; Ziphiidae (beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae)

Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)

family Platanistidae; Platanistidae (river dolphins)

Holonyms ("Odontoceti" is a member of...):

Cetacea; order Cetacea (an order of Eutheria)

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