Odobenidae

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Noun1.Odobenidae - walruses and extinct forms
family Odobenidae
mammal family - a family of mammals
Pinnipedia, suborder Pinnipedia - seals; sea lions; walruses
genus Odobenus, Odobenus - type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses
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Las especies del genero Orthohalarachne parasitan a pinnipedos de las familias Otariidae Gray, 1825 y Odobenidae Allen, 1880 (Fay & Furman 1982).
Ectoparasitos del lobo marino sudamericano (Otaria flavescens) de la costa peruana
Example 1: The name Pinnipedia is traditionally applied to a group composed of sea lions (Oatriiidae), walruses (Odobenidae), and seals (Phocidae).
Critique of pure folly
The modern walrus, Odobenus rosmarus, is the sole species of Odobenidae to have survived the Quaternary.
Late Wisconsinan and Holocene record or walrus (odobenus rosmarus) from North America: a review with new data from Arctic and Atlantic Canada
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