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beaked whales

beaked whales is the plural of beaked whale.

Meaning of beaked whale

Noun

beaked whale (plural beaked whales)

  1. 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

Questions about beaked whales

What is beaked whales the plural of?
Beaked whales is the plural of beaked whale.

Words near beaked whales in the dictionary

  1. beake
  2. beaked
  3. beaked off
  4. beaked salmon
  5. beaked whale
  6. beaked whales
  7. beaker
  8. beaker folk
  9. beaker people
  10. beakerful
  11. beakerfuls

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