any of an order (Odontoceta) of whales with conical teeth and a telescoped, nonsymmetrical skull, including sperm whales, dolphins, and porpoises
toothed whale
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toothed whale
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Any of various cetaceans of the suborder Odontoceti, having numerous teeth and a single blowhole, and including the dolphins, the porpoises, and the sperm whale. Also called odontocete .
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Any of various whales of the suborder Odontoceti, having an asymmetrical skull with one blowhole and numerous cone-shaped teeth. Toothed whales include the sperm, beluga, pilot, and beaked whales, and the narwhal, orca (killer whale),
dolphins, and porpoises.
Compare baleen whale
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Noun
(plural toothed whales)
- (marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti suborder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.
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