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PILOT WHALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilot whale mean?
• PILOT WHALE (noun)
The noun PILOT WHALE has 1 sense:
1. small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
Familiarity information: PILOT WHALE used as a noun is very 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 ("pilot whale" is a kind of...):
dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)
Holonyms ("pilot whale" is a member of...):
genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)
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