north atlantic whale
71Pilot whale — Taxobox name = Pilot Whale image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cetacea familia = Delphinidae genus = Globicephala range range map width = 250px range map caption = Green: Long finned range; Blue:… …
72Beaked whale — Taxobox name = Beaked whales fossil range = Miocene Recent image width = 250px image caption = Sowerby s Beaked Whale (on Faroese stamp) regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia subclassis = Theria infraclassis = Eutheria ordo =… …
73killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, esp. the black and white Orcinus orca, found in all seas. [1880 85] * * * or orca A species (Orcinus orca) of toothed whale found in all seas from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Largest of the dolphins, the male… …
74black whale — noun 1. small dark colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school • Syn: ↑pilot whale, ↑common blackfish, ↑blackfish, ↑Globicephala melaena • Hypernyms: ↑dolphin …
75right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers. [1715 25; allegedly so called because it was the right whale to hunt, alluding to its relative buoyancy when… …
76Right whale (disambiguation) — Right whale may refer to:Baleen whale taxa: * the taxonomic family Balaenidae which consists of two genera Eubalaena and the Balaena (Bowhead whale) * the genus Eubalaena or any of the three species currently recognized in that genus: * North… …
77Black whale — is a vernacular name for certain whales. It may be encountered as a colloquial or as a quasi scientific term.* In whaling jargon, the Sperm Whale ( Physeter macrocephalus ) of the Physeteridae was sometimes known as the black whale * Black Whale… …
78bottle-nosed whale — noun northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead • Syn: ↑bottlenose whale, ↑bottlenose, ↑Hyperoodon ampullatus • Hypernyms: ↑beaked whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Hyperoodon, ↑ …
79piked whale — noun small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific • Syn: ↑lesser rorqual, ↑minke whale, ↑Balaenoptera acutorostrata • Hypernyms: ↑rorqual, ↑razorback • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
80beaked whale — any of several toothed whales of the family Hyperoodontidae (Ziphiidae), inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws. [1875 80] * * * ▪ mammal Introduction any of 21 species of medium sized toothed whales (toothed whale) with extended snouts …
