toothed whale

English

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.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• odontocete

Coordinate terms

• baleen whale

Translations

whale of the Odontoceti suborder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 齒鯨／齿鲸 (zh) (chǐjīng)

• Dutch: tandwalvis (nl) m
• Finnish: hammasvalas (fi)
• French: odontocète (fr) m, cétacé à dents m
• German: Zahnwal (de) m
• Mongolian: шүдэт халим (šüdet xalim)
• Polish: zębowiec m
• Russian: зуба́тый кит m (zubátyj kit)
• Welsh: morfil danheddog m