HyperDic: beaked_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression beaked whale:
NOUNanimalbeaked whaleany of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
English > beaked whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAny of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw.
Member ofZiphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidaebeaked whales
Narrowerbottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, bottlenose, Hyperoodon ampullatusNorthern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
Broadertoothed whaleAny of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
Spanishzífido, zifíido, zifio

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