toothed whale

toothed whale

n.

Any of various whales of the suborder Odontoceti, having numerous conical teeth.

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toothed whale

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any whale belonging to the cetacean suborder Odontoceti, having a single blowhole and numerous simple teeth and feeding on fish, smaller mammals, molluscs, etc.: includes dolphins and porpoises Compare whalebone whale

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toothed whale  (ttht, tthd)

Any of various whales of the suborder Odontoceti, having an asymmetrical skull with one blowhole and numerous cone-shaped teeth. Toothed whales include the sperm, beluga, pilot, and beaked whales, and the narwhal, orca (killer whale), dolphins, and porpoises. Compare baleen whale.

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Noun

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toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. whale - any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head Odontoceti, suborder Odontoceti - toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales cachalot, Physeter catodon, sperm whale, black whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris Kogia breviceps, pygmy sperm whale - small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus - very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific beaked whale - any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises