Hyperodontidae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperodontidae \Hyperodontidae\ prop. n.
     A natural family of cetaceans comprising the beaked whales;
     in some, especially former, classifications it included in
     the family {Physeteridae}.
  
     Syn: Ziphiidae, family {Ziphiidae}, family {Hyperodontidae}.


          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Hyperodontidae
       n : beaked whales; in some especially former classifications
           included in the family Physeteridae [syn: {Ziphiidae}, {family
           Ziphiidae}, {family Hyperodontidae}]