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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various cetaceans of the suborder Odontoceti, having numerous teeth and a single blowhole, and including the dolphins, the porpoises, and the sperm whale.

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  • noun marine biology A whale of the Odontoceti suborder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

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  • noun any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.

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