melon organ

Term ID

UBERON:0008960

Synonyms

• melon

Definition

The melon is an ovoid-shaped, fatty organ found in the forehead of all toothed whales (odontocetes), including dolphins and porpoises (Cranford et al., 1996; Harper, C. J., et al., 2008) and believed to be used in echolocation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_(whale)

References

• Melon:(whale)

Ontology

Uberon Ontology