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

I was three voyages to the north; but taking the black whale counts for nothing; you must go south arter the sparmacitty if you wish to see sport.”

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick

You see, the sparmacitty don’t take the harpoon quite so quietly as the black whale does; he fights hard to the last, and sometimes is very free with his jaws.

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick

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

You see, the sparmacitty don't take the harpoon quite so quietly as the black whale does; he fights hard to the last, and sometimes is very free with his jaws.

From Poor Jack by Marryat, Frederick