NOUN | animal | beaked whale | any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
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Meaning | Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw. | |
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Member of | Ziphiidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, family Hyperodontidae | beaked whales |
Narrower | bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, bottlenose, Hyperoodon ampullatus | Northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
Broader | toothed whale | Any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
Spanish | zífido, zifíido, zifio |
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