beaked whale

Noun
  1. Any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw (synset 102070859)
    is a type of: toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
    subtypes: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose, bottlenose whale, hyperoodon ampullatus - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
    belongs to: family hyperodontidae, family ziphiidae, hyperodontidae, ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

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