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Webster 1913 Edition

Delphinoidea

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Delˊphi-noi′de-a

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Noun.

pl.

[NL.]

(Zool.)

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Definition 2024

Delphinoidea

Delphinoidea

Translingual

Delphinus delphis

Proper noun

Delphinoidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Cetacea – many of the toothed whales.

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Delphinidae (oceanic dolphins), Monodontidae (beluga and narwhal), Phocoenidae (porpoises) (families)
- Albireonidae, Kentriodontidae, Odobenocetopsidae (extinct families)
- Delphinavus, Graamocetus, Lamprolithax, Miodelphis, Nannolithax, Oedolithax, Oligodelphis, Palaeophocaena, Platylithax, Protodelphinus, Sinanodelphis (genera, incertae sedis)