Definition of Kogia

1. Noun. Pygmy sperm whales.

Exact synonyms: Genus Kogia
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Physeteridae, Physeteridae
Member holonyms: Kogia Breviceps, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia Simus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kogia

Kodiak bears
Kodiaks
Kodimunai
Koehler illumination
Koellia
Koenen's tumour
Koenig's syndrome
Koepanger
Koepangers
Koerber-Salus-Elschnig syndrome
Koerte-Ballance operation
Koestler
Koestlerian
Koettstorfer number
Kofu
Kogia
Kogia breviceps
Kogia simus
Kohima
Kohistan
Kohler's disease
Kohler illumination
Kohlmeier-Degos syndrome
Kohlrausch's muscle
Kohlrausch's valves
Kohn's pores
Kohnstamm's phenomenon
Kohtla-Järve
Koine
Koizumi

Literary usage of Kogia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1904)
"The Occurrence of the Sperm Whale or Cachalot in the Shetland Seas, "with Notes on the Tymp a no- petrous Bones of Physeter, kogia, and other Odontoceti. ..."

2. The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales by Frank Thomas Bullen (1906)
"It was but a school of kogia, or " short- headed " cachalots; but as we secured five of them, averaging seven barrels each, with scarcely any trouble, ..."

3. The Cruise of the Cachalot Around the World After Sperm Whales by Frank Thomas Bullen (1899)
"It was but a school of kogia, or "short- headed " cachalots; but as we secured five of them, averaging seven barrels each ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"The name kogia has also been repudiated, ... J Dr. Gray, defending his name, has observed that "Mr. MacLeay objects to the barbarous name of kogia;" and the ..."

5. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"In kogia the frontal process of the maxilla enters extensively into the wall of the ... In this character kogia departs widely from Physeter and the ..."

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