humpback whale
— Noun
– English
~ large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
dwarf sperm whale
— Noun
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~ very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
gray whale
— Noun
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~ medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
Greenland whale
— Noun
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~ large-mouthed Arctic whale
grey whale
— Noun
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~ medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
fin whale
— Noun
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~ large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
finback whale
— Noun
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~ large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
baleen whale
— Noun
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~ whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
bottle-nosed whale
— Noun
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~ northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
black whale
— Noun
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~ large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
black whale
— Noun
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~ small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
blue whale
— Noun
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~ largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
beaked whale
— Noun
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~ any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
bowhead whale
— Noun
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~ large-mouthed Arctic whale
bottlenose whale
— Noun
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~ northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
whaleboat
— Noun
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~ a long narrow boat designed for quick turning and use in rough seas
whalebone
— Noun
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~ a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets
whalebone whale
— Noun
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~ whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
whaler
— Noun
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~ a seaman who works on a ship that hunts whales