Odontoceti
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “sea monster”).
Proper noun
Odontoceti
- Toothed whales
- A taxonomic parvorder within the order Artiodactyla.
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Artiodactyla.
Hypernyms
- (parvorder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea – infraorder
Hyponyms
- (parvorder): Delphinida, †Eurhinodelphinida (extinct), Physeterida, Platanistida (infraorders)
- Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea – superfamilies
- Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Ziphiidae – families
- Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea – superfamilies
References
- 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 National Center for Biotechnology Information