Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ziphiine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ziphi-ine
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Ziphiinae, including the extant Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), and other extinct species.

adj

Of or relating to Ziphiinae.

Inflected Forms

ziphiines (plural)

Questions

What does ziphiine mean?: Any of the beaked whales of the subfamily Ziphiinae, including the extant Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), and other extinct species.

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