单词 | toothed whale |
释义 | toothed whale[ tootht-hweyl, weyl, toothd ] / ˈtuθt ˈʰweɪl, ˈweɪl, ˈtuðd / nounany whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc. Compare baleen whale. Origin of toothed whaleFirst recorded in 1835–45 Words nearby toothed whaletoothbrushing, tooth bud, tooth chisel, tooth decay, toothed, toothed whale, tooth fairy, tooth fungus, tooth germ, toothing, toothless Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for toothed whaletoothed whale nounany 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 porpoisesCompare whalebone whale Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for toothed whaletoothed whale [ tōōtht, tōōðd ] 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. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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