toothed whale
any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
Origin of toothed whale
1- Compare baleen whale.
Words Nearby toothed whale
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How to use toothed whale in a sentence
Most species of toothed whales can use echolocation to find prey.
A truly terrible toothed whale is the large porpoise called the killer (known to zoologists as Orca gladiator).
More Science From an Easy Chair | Sir E. Ray (Edwin Ray) LankesterA toothed whale, it may be remarked, is a living example of a mammal with monoconodont teeth.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for toothed whale
any whale belonging to the cetacean suborder Odontoceti, having a single blowhole and numerous simple teeth and feeding on fish, smaller mammals, molluscs, etc: includes dolphins and porpoises: Compare whalebone whale
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Scientific definitions for toothed whale
[ tōōtht, tōōðd ]
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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