English Explanatory Dictionary

toothed whale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

Word forms

toothed whale toothed whales

Etymology

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

Synonyms

odontocete
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