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单词 black whale
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black whale


black whale

n (Animals) another name for pilot whale
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Noun1.black whale - small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United Statesblack whale - small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the schoolcommon blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale, blackfishdolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoisesgenus Globicephala, Globicephala - pilot whales
2.black whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oilblack whale - large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergriscachalot, Physeter catodon, sperm whaletoothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.genus Physeter, Physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae

black whale


black whale,

name for the black right whaleright whale,
name for whales of the family Balaenidae. They were so named by whalers, who for centuries considered them "the right whales" to hunt, because they float when killed and because they yield enormous quantities of oil and of baleen.
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 and for the sperm whalesperm whale,
largest of the toothed whales, Physeter catodon, found in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. It is also called cachalot. Male sperm whales may grow to more than 70 ft (21 m) long and females to 30 ft (9 m).
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black whale


  • noun

Synonyms for black whale

noun small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States

Synonyms

  • common blackfish
  • Globicephala melaena
  • pilot whale
  • blackfish

Related Words

  • dolphin
  • genus Globicephala
  • Globicephala

noun large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil

Synonyms

  • cachalot
  • Physeter catodon
  • sperm whale

Related Words

  • toothed whale
  • genus Physeter
  • Physeter
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