black whale

American  

noun

1. a black, dolphinlike whale, Globicephala melaena, of the North Atlantic.

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black whale British  

noun

1. another name for pilot whale

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black whale

At dawn, when the sparkling black whale dove back into the sea, the whaleman released his harpoons.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

In the sea are found the black whale, porpoise, sea-horse, seal, and the narwal or sea unicorn; the horn of the latter, solid ivory, is a beautiful object.

From Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume II. by M'lean, John

A large black whale, being the first, was seen near the ships.

From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 by Parry, William Edward, Sir

One morning they discovered that the waves had thrown up on the beach a young black whale, nearly twelve feet long.

From The Life of Phineas T. Barnum by Benton, Joel

At the end of it a large, humpbacked rock showed now and again through the surf, like the fin of a black whale.

From Stella Fregelius by Haggard, Henry Rider