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hyperoodontine

hyperoodontine noun: any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Hyperoodontinae, including the bottlenose whales, mesoplodont whales, and several extinct genera.

Noun

hyperoodontine (plural hyperoodontines)

  1. Any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Hyperoodontinae, including the bottlenose whales, mesoplodont whales, and several extinct genera.

Adjective

hyperoodontine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Hyperoodontinae.

Forms of hyperoodontine

pluralhyperoodontines

Questions about hyperoodontine

What does hyperoodontine mean?
Hyperoodontine means any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Hyperoodontinae, including the bottlenose whales, mesoplodont whales, and several extinct genera.
What part of speech is hyperoodontine?
Hyperoodontine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of hyperoodontine?
The plural of hyperoodontine is hyperoodontines.

Words near hyperoodontine in the dictionary

  1. hyperonymy
  2. hyperoodon
  3. hyperoodons
  4. hyperoodontid
  5. hyperoodontids
  6. hyperoodontine
  7. hyperoon
  8. hyperope
  9. hyperoperation
  10. hyperoperations
  11. hyperoperator

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