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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within thesuborder Odontoceti — theporpoises .
Etymologies
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The porpoises are in the family Phocoenidae and the dolphins are in the family Delphinidae.
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Some anatomical and structural characteristics, such as their peg-like teeth as opposed to the conical of the dolphins separate porpoises in a different family, the Phocoenidae.
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Some anatomical and structural characteristics, such as their peg-like teeth as opposed to the conical of the dolphins separate porpoises in a different family, the Phocoenidae.
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Some anatomical and structural characteristics, such as their peg-like teeth as opposed to the conical of the dolphins separate porpoises in a different family, the Phocoenidae.
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The interchanging use of dolphin and porpoise occurs when these two words are used more generally in conversation and is not meant to ignore the existence of the Phocoenidae, which includes six species of porpoise-individuals different in several morphological and physiological characters from dolphins.
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Also, what the small cetacean of the family Phocoenidae said.
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Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoenoides Species: P. dalli Binomial name
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Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoenoides Species: P. dalli
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Mammalia Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoenoides Species:
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