Associations to the word «Ziphiidae»

Wiktionary

ZIPHIIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the suborder Odontoceti   — the beaked whales.

Dictionary definition

ZIPHIIDAE, noun. Beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae.

Wise words

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