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beaked whale

Any of various toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae, having a long beaklike snout and a small dorsal fin and inhabiting all of the oceans.

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beaked whale - any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.

family Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottlenose - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead

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Bottle-nose bottle-nosed whale bottlenose bottlenose whale Cetacea Delphinidae Doegling family Delphinidae family Hyperodontidae family Physeteridae family Platanistidae family Ziphiidae genus Hyperoodon Hyperodontidae Hyperoodon Hyperoodon ampullatus mammal family Odontoceti order Cetacea			Five similar strandings of beaked whales had coincided with naval exercises near Greece and the Canary Islands. Investigating sonar and whale strandings: navy opens undersea test ... by Nevala, Amy E. / Oceanus Male beaked whales of different species are rather similar in size and appearance," Baker said. "Sexy" tusks may have led to new whale species by Asian News International Suspicion fell on naval sonar after unusual mass strandings of beaked whales were first reported in the early 1960s, when such devices became commonly deployed. NAVY'S SONAR BLAMED FOR BEACHING WHALES; 12 stranded this year by The Mirror (London, England)			beading beading plane Beadle beadledom Beadlery Beadleship beadlike beadroll beads beadsman Beadsnake Beadswoman beadwork beady beady eye beady-eyed beagle Beaglehole beagling beak beaked beaked hazelnut beaked parsley beaked salmon beaked whale Beaked Whales beaker Beaker folk Beakhead Beakiron beakless beaklike beaky-nosed Beal Beale beam beam aerial beam balance Beam center beam compass beam engine beam hole beam of light beam rider beam riding beam scale beam splitter Beam tree beam width beam-ends Beambird			beak necrosis beak necrosis beak necrosis beak overgrowth beak overgrowth beak overgrowth beak sign beak sign beak sign beak trimming beak trimming beak trimming Beak-head Beak-head beak-like beak-like beak-like beaked beaked beaked Beaked Hazel beaked hazelnut beaked parsley beaked pelvis beaked pelvis beaked pelvis Beaked Redfish beaked salmon beaked whale beaked whale Beaked Whales beaker beaker beaker beaker cell beaker cell beaker cell beaker cell Beaker culture Beaker culture Beaker folk Beaker folk Beaker folk Beaker people beaker sampler Beaker tongs Beaker tongs Beaker tongs Beakers Beakers Beakers Beakhead Beakhead beakhead molding beaking beaking beaking beaking joint Beakiron beakless beaklike

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