PHOCAENIDAE


Meaning of PHOCAENIDAE in English

-nəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Phocaena, type genus + -idae

in some classifications : a small family of toothed whales that comprises the porpoises and is now usually included in Delphinidae

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