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Definition of Hyperoodon bidens

Hyperoodon bidens
Sperm whale Sperm" whale` (Zo["o]l.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmy sperm whale (Zo["o]l.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed cetacean (Hypero["o]don bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.

Meaning of Hyperoodon bidens from wikipedia

- bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern...
- Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. While not in the genus...
- bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. Seldom observed, the...
- whales) Genus: Hyperoodon Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus DD Genus: Mesoplodon Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens DD Blainville's...
- Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens), also known as the North Atlantic or North Sea beaked whale, is a species of toothed whale. It was the first...
- Hyperoodontinae Genus: Hyperoodon Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus NT Genus: Mesoplodon Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens DD Family: Delphinidae...
- NA vagrant Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens NA vagrant Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus NA vagrant Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius...
- Sicista betulina Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens White whale, Delphinapterus leucas Narwhal...
- electra DD Genus: Hyperoodon Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus LC Genus: Mesoplodon Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens VU Blainville's...
- Hyperoodontinae Genus: Hyperoodon Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus NT Genus: Mesoplodon Sowerby's beaked whale, Mesoplodon bidens DD Gervais' beaked...