Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of whales of the family Physeteridæ and subfamily Ziphiinæ the typical bottle-nosed whales.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Zoöl.) The mammalian genus comprised of the bottle-nosed whales.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bottle-nosed whales
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Examples
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The only other positive whale records are southern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) and Cuviers beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris).
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Which of course is timely in view of the Northern bottle-nosed whale Hyperoodon ampullatus that just swam up the Thames.
Archive 2006-01-01 Darren Naish 2006
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An exceptional opportunity was presented to us on December 6, 1915, when a school of eight bottlenose whales (Hyperoodon rostratus) appeared in small
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006
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(Hyperoodon rostratus) (Orcinus orca) (2) Black Fish
South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917 2006
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Now in the Zoological Report of the Discovery Expedition Wilson states that the true identity of the Bottle-nosed whale (Hyperoodon rostrata) in
The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913 Apsley Cherry-Garrard 1922
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Returning to the whales: the Hyperoodon bidens is destitute of true teeth in an efficient condition, but its palate is roughened, according to Lacepède, with small, unequal, hard points of horn.
VII. Miscellaneous Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection 1909
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