beaked whale en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.
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.
2021 March 30, J. B. MacKinnon, “An Entire Group of Whales Has Somehow Escaped Human Attention”, in The Atlantic:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beaked whales | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
ginkgo-toothed beaked whale · goose-beaked whale · strap-toothed beaked whale · Perrin's beaked whale · Cuvier's beaked whale · splay-toothed whale · Stejneger's beaked whale · Sowerby's beaked whale · Baird's beaked whale · tropical bottlenose whale · Indo-Pacific beaked whale · Gervais' beaked whale · lesser beaked whale · scamperdown whale · North Pacific bottlenose whale · Hubbs' beaked whale · giant four-toothed whale · Gray's beaked whale · deep-crest beaked whale · Longman's beaked whale · pygmy beaked whale · Bahamonde's beaked whale · Hector's beaked whale · Tasman's beaked whale · Layard's beaked whale(Mesoplodon layardii) · North Atlantic beaked whale · Bering Sea beaked whale · dense-beaked whale · North Pacific four-toothed whale · northern giant bottlenose whale · Gulf Stream beaked whale · Blainville's beaked whale · Antillean beaked whale · saber-toothed whale · Arnoux's beaked whale · Haast's beaked whale · European beaked whale · bandolero beaked whale · Peruvian beaked whale · southern beaked whale · Shepherd's beaked whale · True's beaked whale · Andrew's beaked whale · North Sea beaked whale
Synonyms
Translations (20)
es zifíido (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · ga míol mór socach (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · fi hammasvalas (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · kl anarnaq (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · ko 부리고래 (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · sv näbbval (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · mi hakurā (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · pt baleia-bicuda (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · ru клюворы́лый кит (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · it zifido (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · pl zyfia (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · fr baleine à bec (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · ca zífid (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · nl spitssnuitdolfijn (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · es zífido (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · fi kuonokoppavalas (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · gd muc-bhiorach (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · es zifio (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · de Schnabelwal (whales in the family Ziphiidae) · ca balena amb bec (whales in the family Ziphiidae)