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‖ hyperoödon Zool.|haɪpəˈrəʊədɒn|
[mod.L. (1803), f. Gr. ὑπερῷ-ος that is above, superior, or ὑπερῴ-η palate + ὀδούς, ὀδον(τ- tooth.]
A genus of Cetacea, containing the bottle-nosed whales.
1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 274/1 (Whales) The Hypero⁓odons, which only have a few teeth. 1854Owen in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 278 The great bottle-nose or hyperoodon. 1876tr. Beneden's Anim. Parasites 155 Among these skeletons there were several hyperoodons and other cetacea. |