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BLACK WHALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does black whale mean?
• BLACK WHALE (noun)
The noun BLACK WHALE has 2 senses:
1. small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
2. large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
Familiarity information: BLACK WHALE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black whale; blackfish; common blackfish; Globicephala melaena; pilot whale
Hypernyms ("black whale" is a kind of...):
dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)
Holonyms ("black whale" is a member of...):
genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
black whale; cachalot; Physeter catodon; sperm whale
Hypernyms ("black whale" is a kind of...):
toothed whale (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)
Holonyms ("black whale" is a member of...):
genus Physeter; Physeter (type genus of the Physeteridae)
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