Odontoceti
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “sea monster”).
Proper noun[edit]
Odontoceti
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – the toothed whales.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order
Hyponyms[edit]
- (suborder): Delphinida, †Eurhinodelphinida (extinct), Physeterida, Platanistida (infraorders)
- Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea (superfamilies)
- Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Ziphidae (families)
- Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea (superfamilies)
References[edit]
- Odontoceti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Odontoceti on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Odontoceti on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Odontoceti at World Register of Marine Species
- Odontoceti in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Odontoceti at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Odontoceti at Encyclopedia of Life
- Odontoceti at National Center for Biotechnology Information