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iniid

iniid noun: any river dolphin of the family Iniidae.

Noun

iniid (plural iniids)

  1. Any river dolphin of the family Iniidae.
    • According to Cozzuol (1996), iniids (including fossil taxa) are characterized by an extremely elongated rostrum and mandible, very narrow supraoccipital, greatly reduced orbital region, and pneumatized maxillae forming a crest.2015, Annalisa Berta, Marine Mammals: Evolutionary Biology, page 88

Forms of iniid

pluraliniids

Questions about iniid

What does iniid mean?
Iniid means any river dolphin of the family Iniidae.
What part of speech is iniid?
Iniid is a noun.
What is the plural of iniid?
The plural of iniid is iniids.

Words near iniid in the dictionary

  1. iniencephaly
  2. Inigo
  3. Iniguez
  4. Iniguezes
  5. Iniguihan District
  6. iniid
  7. iniids
  8. inimaginable
  9. inimic
  10. inimicability
  11. inimicable

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