Delphinapterus
Translingual
Etymology
Probably a compound of Latin delphīnus ("dolphin") + Latin pterus ("winged") or Ancient Greek πτερόν ("feather, wing").
Proper noun
Delphinapterus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Monodontidae – the beluga whale.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Cetacea - infraorder; Neoceti - clade; Odontoceti - parvorder; Monodontidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Delphinapterus leucas – sole species
Further reading
- Delphinapterus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Delphinapterus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Delphinapterus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Delphinapterus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Delphinapterus in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Delphinapterus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Delphinapterus at World Register of Marine Species
- Delphinapterus at Paleobiology Database