beaked whale

/bikt weɪl/
/bikt hweɪl/
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Other forms: beaked whales

Definitions of beaked whale
  1. noun
    any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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    types:
    Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose, bottlenose whale
    northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
    type of:
    toothed whale
    any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
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