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Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but especially numerous in the Antarctic Ocean.
Whales are commonly distinguished from the smaller porpoise s and dolphin s and sometimes from narwhal s, but they are all cetacean s. See also baleen whale ; toothed whale .
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baleen whale
blue whale
fin whale
razorback whale
finback whale
humpback whale
killer whale
pilot whale
right whale
sei whale
sperm whale
toothed whale
whale shark
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