Globicephala

noun

pilot whales

• Syn: ↑genus Globicephala

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Delphinidae, ↑family Delphinidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑pilot whale, ↑black whale, ↑common blackfish, ↑blackfish, ↑Globicephala melaena

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\\ˌglōbəˈsefələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from globi- (from Latin globus ball) + -cephala (from Greek kephalē head) — more at globe, cephalic

: a genus of rather small dark-colored toothed whales related to the grampus and killer whale and comprising the blackfish