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Webster 1828 Edition
Monodon
MON'ODON
,Noun.
It is called also the monoceros, or horned narwhal. Its usual size is form sixteen to twenty feet.
Definition 2024
Monodon
Monodon
See also: monodon
Translingual
Proper noun
Monodon m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Monodontidae – the single species Monodon monoceros (narwhal).
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Cetartiodactyla - clade; Cetacea - order; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - suborder; Monodontidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Monodon monoceros (species)