family Hyperodontidae
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| Noun | 1. | family Hyperodontidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae mammal family - a family of mammals Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales beaked whale - any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw genus Hyperoodon, Hyperoodon - bottle-nosed whales |