Akademik

Megaptera

noun

humpback whales

• Syn: ↑genus Megaptera

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Balaenopteridae, ↑family Balaenopteridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑humpback, ↑humpback whale, ↑Megaptera novaeangliae

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\\məˈgaptərə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from mega- + -ptera

: a cetacean genus comprising the humpback whale

Useful english dictionary. 2012.