toothed whale

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Calque of translingual Odontoceti. By surface analysis, toothed +‎ whale.

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toothed whale (plural toothed whales)

  1. (marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti parvorder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

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