Odontoceti

Translingual

Delphinus delphis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”) + κῆτος (kêtos, “sea monster”).

Proper noun

Odontoceti

1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – toothed whales.

Hypernyms

• (suborder): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order

Hyponyms

• (suborder): Delphinida, †Eurhinodelphinida (extinct), Physeterida, Platanistida (infraorders)
  • Delphinoidea, Inioidea, Lipotoidea, Physeteroidea, Platanistoidea, Ziphioidea (superfamilies)
    • Delphinidae, Iniidae, Kogiidae, Lipotidae, Monodontidae, Phocoenidae, Physeteridae, Pontoporiidae, Platanistidae, Ziphidae (families)

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