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Definition of Toothed whale
1. Noun. Any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc..
Group relationships: Odontoceti, Suborder Odontoceti
Specialized synonyms: Black Whale, Cachalot, Physeter Catodon, Sperm Whale, Kogia Breviceps, Pygmy Sperm Whale, Dwarf Sperm Whale, Kogia Simus, Beaked Whale, Dolphin
Definition of Toothed whale
1. Noun. (marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti suborder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toothed Whale
Literary usage of Toothed whale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Zoology by Robert William Hegner (1915)
"The common dolphin is a toothed whale about seven feet in length; ... 310) reaches
a length of seventy-five feet, and is the largest toothed whale. ..."
2. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"Uy one investigator it is stated that the evolution from the shark-toothed whale
to the sperm whale is sudden and almost "explosive," the entire evolution ..."
3. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"By one investigator it is stated that the evolution from the shark-toothed whale
to the sperm whale is sudden and almost " explosive," the entire evolution ..."
4. The New North: Being Some Account of a Woman's Journey Through Canada to the by Agnes Deans Cameron (1909)
"Only the toothed whale eats fish; the others live upon animalcule and the most
minute of marine life, called "brit" by the whalers. ..."
5. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"544), reaches a length of seventy-five feet, and is the largest toothed whale.
Its oil, spermaceti, and blubber are sought by whalers. Cephalopods (p. ..."
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