beaked whale

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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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