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Definition of Hyperoodon
1. Noun. Bottle-nosed whales.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Hyperodontidae, Family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae
Member holonyms: Bottle-nosed Whale, Bottlenose, Bottlenose Whale, Hyperoodon Ampullatus
Definition of Hyperoodon
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of hyperoödon) ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A genus of the order ''Cetacea'', comprising both species of bottlenose whale. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperoodon
Literary usage of Hyperoodon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"1; but they saw it at a distance, and half merged in the waves, so that there
may have been some optical illusion. (4) hyperoodon, teeth in the palate. ..."
2. Catalogue of the Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum, (Natural History) by Richard Lydekker (1887)
"hyperoodon, sp. Hab. Europe (England and [?] Belgium 4). M. 3536. Cast of the
right periotic. The original, which was obtained from the Red Crag of Suffolk ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1888)
"In conclusion, I may state that I have preserved the greater part of the viscera
of the Dunbar hyperoodon, and my examination of these will give, I hope, ..."
4. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"It is remarkable that in this particular hyperoodon is more like Physeter ...
The northern species (hyperoodon rostratum') has often been recorded upon our ..."
5. Catalogue of Seals and Whales in the British Museum by John Edward Gray (1871)
"Whales fy Dolph. t. 3. Inhab. North Sea. 1. hyperoodon ... Plate 6 represents
the skull of a male of hyperoodon latifrons (Gray), ..."
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