black whale

(Animals) another name for pilot whale

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Noun	1.	black whale - small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale, blackfish dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises genus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales
	2.	black whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris cachalot, Physeter catodon, sperm whale toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. genus Physeter, Physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae

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