toothed whale

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A harbour porpoise. Dolphins and porpoises are toothed whales. Notice its single blowhole; toothed whales are the only mammals with one nostril instead of two.

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toothed whale (plural toothed whales)

  1. (marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti clade of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others. Such whales, unlike baleen whales, have teeth.

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