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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 Pacificplay

  Familiarity information: PIKED WHALE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PIKED WHALE (noun)


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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