Akademik

Odobenidae

noun

walruses and extinct forms

• Syn: ↑family Odobenidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinnipedia, ↑suborder Pinnipedia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Odobenus, ↑genus Odobenus

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\\ˌōdōˈbenəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a small family of marine mammals (suborder Pinnipedia) that are related to the seals, have a thick tough nearly hairless skin underlaid by a thick layer of blubber and the upper canines enlarged into tusks, and include the walruses and extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.