beaked whale
beaked whale noun: any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.
Noun
beaked whale (plural beaked whales)
- Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.
- When the beaked whales surfaced near the Sea Shepherd boat, the scientists scrambled to make observations, take photographs, and deploy acoustic-recording buoys: Beaked whales are notoriously skittish.2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic
- Synonyms:
- ziphiid
Synonyms of beaked whale
Forms of beaked whale
| plural | beaked whales |
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Words formed from beaked whale
- Andrew's beaked whale
- Antillean beaked whale
- Arnoux's beaked whale
- Bahamonde's beaked whale
- Baird's beaked whale
- bandolero beaked whale
- Bering Sea beaked whale
- Blainville's beaked whale
- Cuvier's beaked whale
- deep-crest beaked whale
- dense-beaked whale
- European beaked whale
- Gervais' beaked whale
- giant four-toothed whale
- ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
- goose-beaked whale
- Gray's beaked whale
- Gulf Stream beaked whale
- Haast's beaked whale
- Hector's beaked whale
- Hubbs' beaked whale
- Indo-Pacific beaked whale
- Layard's beaked whale(Mesoplodon layardii)
- lesser beaked whale
- Longman's beaked whale
- North Atlantic beaked whale
- North Pacific bottlenose whale
- North Pacific four-toothed whale
- North Sea beaked whale
- northern giant bottlenose whale
- Perrin's beaked whale
- Peruvian beaked whale
- pygmy beaked whale
- saber-toothed whale
- scamperdown whale
- Shepherd's beaked whale
- southern beaked whale
- Sowerby's beaked whale
- splay-toothed whale
- Stejneger's beaked whale
- strap-toothed beaked whale
- Tasman's beaked whale
- tropical bottlenose whale
- True's beaked whale
Questions about beaked whale
- What does beaked whale mean?
- Beaked whale means any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.
- What part of speech is beaked whale?
- Beaked whale is a noun.
- What is the plural of beaked whale?
- The plural of beaked whale is beaked whales.
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