beaked whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaked whales
Senses: examples: text: When the beaked whales surfaced near the Sea Shepherd boat, the scientists scrambled to make observations, take photographs, and deploy acoustic-recording buoys: Beaked whales are notoriously skittish.
ref: 2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.
Synonyms: ziphiid
Derived terms: taxonomic: Mesoplodon bowdoini
word: Andrew's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon europaeus
word: Antillean beaked whale
taxonomic: Berardius arnuxii
word: Arnoux's beaked whale
word: Bahamonde's beaked whale
taxonomic: Berardius bairdii
word: Baird's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon peruvianus
word: bandolero beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon stejnegeri
word: Bering Sea beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon densirostris
word: Blainville's beaked whale
taxonomic: Ziphius cavirostris
word: Cuvier's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon bowdoini
word: deep-crest beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon densirostris
word: dense-beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon europaeus
word: European beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon europaeus
word: Gervais' beaked whale
taxonomic: Berardius bairdii
word: giant four-toothed whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon ginkgodens
word: ginkgo-toothed beaked whale
taxonomic: Ziphius cavirostris
word: goose-beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon grayi
word: Gray's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon europaeus
word: Gulf Stream beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon grayi
word: Haast's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon hectori
word: Hector's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
word: Hubbs' beaked whale
taxonomic: Indopacetus pacificus
word: Indo-Pacific beaked whale
word: Layard's beaked whale(Mesoplodon layardii)
taxonomic: Mesoplodon peruvianus
word: lesser beaked whale
taxonomic: Indopacetus pacificus
word: Longman's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon bidens
word: North Atlantic beaked whale
taxonomic: Berardius bairdii
word: North Pacific bottlenose whale
taxonomic: Berardius bairdii
word: North Pacific four-toothed whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon bidens
word: North Sea beaked whale
taxonomic: Berardius bairdii
word: northern giant bottlenose whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon perrini
word: Perrin's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon peruvianus
word: Peruvian beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon peruvianus
word: pygmy beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon stejnegeri
word: saber-toothed whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon grayi
word: scamperdown whale
taxonomic: Tasmacetus shepherdi
word: Shepherd's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon grayi
word: southern beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon bidens
word: Sowerby's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon bowdoini
word: splay-toothed whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon stejnegeri
word: Stejneger's beaked whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon layardii
word: strap-toothed beaked whale
taxonomic: Tasmacetus shepherdi
word: Tasman's beaked whale
taxonomic: Indopacetus pacificus
word: tropical bottlenose whale
taxonomic: Mesoplodon mirus
word: True's beaked whale