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Mesoplodon
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Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέσος (meso, “middle”) + ὅπλα ( hopla, often in the plural: instruments of war: “arms”, “armour”, “weaplon”) + ὀδούς (odous, “teeth”), and may be translated as 'armed with a tooth in the centre of the jaw'.
Proper noun
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genus family Ziphiidae the mesoplodont whale s, most called beaked whales
Hypernyms
genus ; Cetacea infraorder - infraorder; Neoceti clade - clade; Odontoceti parvorder - parvorder; Ziphiidae family - family
Hyponyms
genus Mesoplodon stejnegeri species - selected species
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