Globicephala melaena
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Globicephala melaena - small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

black whale, common blackfish, pilot whale, blackfish

dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

genus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales

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black whale blackfish common blackfish dolphin genus Globicephala Globicephala pilot whale			The journal also reports that Ganguli's idea is inspired by the skin of the long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas, the surface of which is criss-crossed with a network of nano-scale canals too small for any barnacle larvae to gain any purchase. Indian-origin researcher's slimy-skinned design to cut ships' fuel ... by Asian News International Almost 90 long-finned pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins died after washing up last week at Hamelin Bay, on the country's west coast. Climate change to bring more whale beachings by AFP / AFP Global Edition Rescuers used trucks and cranes fitted with giant slings to move 11 long-finned pilot whales by road to sheltered waters for release, after they beached with about 80 others on Monday at Hamelin Bay, south of Perth city. 9 rescued whales beach again in Australia by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)			long-awaited long-beard long-billed marsh wren long-bodied Long-boned shad long-branched Long-breathed long-chain long-chain molecule long-clawed prawn long-coats long-dated long-day long-day plant long-distance long-distance call long-distance runner Long-drawn long-drawn-out long-eared long-eared bat long-eared owl long-faced long-familiar long-fin tunny Long-finned Pilot Whale long-forgotten long-grain long-haired long-handled long-handled spade long-haul long-head coneflower long-headed Long-horned long-horned beetle long-horned grasshopper long-jawed long-lasting long-legged Long-legged plover long-legs long-life long-life milk long-limbed long-liner long-lived long-lost long-neck clam long-off long-on			long-distance xerography Long-Distance Xerox Long-drawn Long-drawn long-drawn-out long-drawn-out Long-drink Long-drinks Long-eared long-eared bat long-eared bats Long-Eared Fox long-eared owl long-eared owl Long-Eared White Swine Long-endurance mobile submarine simulator Long-Endurance Patrolling Torpedo Long-Endurance, Low Frequency Acoustic Source long-enduring long-established Long-Evans rat Long-Evans rat Long-Evans rat Long-Evans Tokushima Lean Rats Long-Evans Tokushima Otsuka long-faced long-familiar Long-Fiber Injection long-fin tunny Long-finned Pilot Whale Long-Finned Squid long-forgotten long-grain long-haired Long-Haired Hamster long-handled long-handled foil condenser long-handled foil condenser long-handled foil condenser long-handled spade long-haul long-haul long-haul long-haul carrier system Long-haul communications Long-Haul Communications System long-haul radio Long-Haul Wavelength Division Multiplexing long-head coneflower long-headed long-headedness long-hole drill long-hole jetting Long-horned long-horned beetle long-horned grasshopper long-horned grasshopper long-horned grasshoppers

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Globicephala melaena (redirected from Long-finned Pilot Whale)

Globicephala melaena
(redirected from Long-finned Pilot Whale)