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ziphiine

ziphiine noun: any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Ziphiinae, including the extant Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), and other extinct species.

Noun

ziphiine (plural ziphiines)

  1. Any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Ziphiinae, including the extant Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), and other extinct species.

Adjective

ziphiine (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Ziphiinae.

Forms of ziphiine

pluralziphiines

Questions about ziphiine

What does ziphiine mean?
Ziphiine means any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Ziphiinae, including the extant Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), and other extinct species.
What part of speech is ziphiine?
Ziphiine can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of ziphiine?
The plural of ziphiine is ziphiines.

Words near ziphiine in the dictionary

  1. zipheads
  2. ziphid
  3. ziphids
  4. ziphiid
  5. ziphiids
  6. ziphiine
  7. ziphioid
  8. ziphioids
  9. ziphisternum
  10. ziphodont
  11. ziphodonts

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