beaked whale

noun

any of several toothed whales of the family Hyperoodontidae (Ziphiidae), inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws.

First recorded in 1875–80

Northern bottlenosed whales may also be confused with the poorly known North Sea beaked whale (p. 82).

The range of True's beaked whales overlaps with that of the Antillean beaked whale but is more northerly.

Goosebeaked whales are larger than all other beaked whale species with the exception of the northern bottlenosed whale.

The body is distinctly spindle-shaped, but apparently more robust near midbody than that of the dense-beaked whale.

The smallest sort is the beaked whale, which is about 25 feet long.

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