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toothed whale
[ tootht hweyl, weyl, toothd ]
noun
- any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc.
toothed whale
noun
- 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
toothed whale
/ to̅o̅tht,to̅o̅thd /
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of toothed whale1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
A truly terrible toothed whale is the large porpoise called the killer (known to zoologists as Orca gladiator).
From Project Gutenberg
A Toothed Whale, it may be remarked, is a living example of a mammal with monoconodont teeth.
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