black whale
a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.
- Also called blackfish.
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How to use black whale in a sentence
A black whale, a seal of the largest kind, and numerous flocks of geese were seen in the course of this day.
Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea | John FranklinA large black whale and some white ones, with innumerable seals, were seen.
The young of the lion and the puma are often striped, and the fœtal black whale has teeth, like its ally the Sperm whale.
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects | Sir John LubbockAt the end of it a large, humpbacked rock showed now and again through the surf, like the fin of a black whale.
Stella Fregelius | H. Rider HaggardIn appearance and habits it is very different from the black whale.
Old Jack | W.H.G. Kingston
British Dictionary definitions for black whale
another name for pilot whale
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