black whale

Noun
  1. Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States;
    The largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school (synset 102074288)
    is a type of: dolphin - any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
    belongs to: genus globicephala, globicephala - pilot whales
    same as: blackfish, common blackfish, globicephala melaena, pilot whale
  2. Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil;
    Also a source of ambergris (synset 102069893)
    is a type of: toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
    belongs to: genus physeter, physeter - type genus of the Physeteridae
    same as: cachalot, physeter catodon, sperm whale

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