family ziphiidae

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   beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

   SynonymsZiphiidaeHyperodontidaefamily Hyperodontidae

   Broadermammal family

   Part ofOdontoceti

Questions about family ziphiidae

What does family ziphiidae mean?

family ziphiidae means "beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae".

What is another word for family ziphiidae?

Close synonyms include Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is family ziphiidae a common word?

family ziphiidae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.