beaked whale
English

A beaked whale
Noun
beaked whale (plural beaked whales)
- Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths.
- 2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic:
- When the beaked whales surfaced near the Sea Shepherd boat, the scientists scrambled to make observations, take photographs, and deploy acoustic-recording buoys: Beaked whales are notoriously skittish.
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Derived terms
Whale species with "beaked whale" in their title
- Andrew's beaked whale
- Arnoux's beaked whale
- Baird's beaked whale
- Blainville's beaked whale
- Cuvier's beaked whale
- Gervais' beaked whale
- ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
- Gray's beaked whale
- Hector's beaked whale
- Hubbs' beaked whale
- Layard's beaked whale
- Longman's beaked whale
- Perrin's beaked whale
- pygmy beaked whale
- Shepherd's beaked whale
- Sowerby's beaked whale
- Stejneger's beaked whale
- True's beaked whale
Translations
whales in the family Ziphiidae
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