hyperoödonn.
/hʌɪpəˈrəʊədɒn/ Zoology.
A genus of Cetacea, containing the bottle-nosed whales.
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bottle-head1670
bottlenose1697
bottle-nosed whale1709
flounder's-head1717
hyperoödon1843
dœgling1866
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 274/1 (Whales) The Hypero~odons, which only have a few teeth.
1854 Owen in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 278 The great bottle-nose or hyperoodon.
1876 P. J. Van Beneden Animal Parasites & Messmates 155 Among these skeletons there were several hyperoodons and other cetacea.
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