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black whale

black whale noun: a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae)).

black whale: a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
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Noun

black whale (plural black whales)

  1. a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
  2. North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
  3. North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
  4. Any cetacean blackfish.

black whale meaning in Tamil

black whale in Tamil

கருந்திமிங்கலம்

Forms of black whale

pluralblack whales

Questions about black whale

What does black whale mean?
Black whale means a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae)).
What is black whale in Tamil?
Black whale in Tamil is கருந்திமிங்கலம். See Black whale meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is black whale?
Black whale is a noun.
What is the plural of black whale?
The plural of black whale is black whales.

Words near black whale in the dictionary

  1. Black Warrior
  2. black water
  3. Black Wave
  4. black wedding
  5. black weddings
  6. black whale
  7. black whales
  8. black where it counts
  9. black widow
  10. black widow knee slide
  11. black widow knee slides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: black whale (page history and authors); black whale (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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