Meaning | Any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.. |
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Member of | Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti | toothed whales |
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Narrower | beaked whale | Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
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dolphin | Any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout |
dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus | Very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil |
Broader | whale | Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
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Spanish | odontoceto |
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