toothed whale

toothed whale
noun
any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
• Hypernyms: ↑whale
• Hyponyms:
• Member Holonyms: ↑Odontoceti, ↑suborder Odontoceti

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noun
: any of various whales comprising the suborder Odontoceti and having numerous simple conical teeth — compare whalebone whale

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any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc. Cf. whalebone whale.
[1835-45]

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toothed whale noun
Any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, with a single blowhole and simple teeth
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Main Entry: ↑tooth

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toothed whale,
a whale or related sea mammal with true teeth in one or both jaws, such as the sperm whale, narwhal, dolphin, or porpoise.

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n. a predatory whale having teeth rather than baleen plates. Toothed whales include sperm whales, killer whales, beaked whales, narwhals, dolphins, and porpoises. ● Suborder Odontoceti, order Cetacea: six families and numerous species

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