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PIKED WHALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piked whale mean?
• PIKED WHALE (noun)
The noun PIKED WHALE has 1 sense:
1. small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
Familiarity information: PIKED WHALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Balaenoptera acutorostrata; lesser rorqual; minke whale; piked whale
Hypernyms ("piked whale" is a kind of...):
razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)
Holonyms ("piked whale" is a member of...):
Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)
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