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Platanistidae

noun

river dolphins

• Syn: ↑family Platanistidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Odontoceti, ↑suborder Odontoceti

• Member Meronyms: ↑river dolphin

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\\-təˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of toothed whales comprising the susu and related extinct forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.