TOOTHED WHALE


Meaning of TOOTHED WHALE in English

Common term for members of the cetacean suborder Odontoceti.

Toothed whales have slicing teeth and a throat large enough to swallow chunks of giant squid, cuttlefish, and fish of all kinds. Included in this group are the beluga , pilot whales , sperm whale , and mammalian {{link=dolphin">dolphins , porpoises , and narwhals .

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.