hyperoodon

See also: Hyperoodon and hyperoödon

English

Alternative forms

hyperoödon

Etymology

From Translingual Hyperoodon

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: hīpərōʹədŏn, IPA^(key): /haɪpəˈɹəʊədɒn/

Noun

hyperoodon (plural hyperoodons)

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

References

Hyperodon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Bottlenose whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Hyperoodon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
“‖hyperoödon” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]

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