Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths, but not well understood generally.

    Schnabelwal

    клюворы́лый китkljuvorýlyj kit

More definitions
  • any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Beaked whales prefer deep ocean waters.

  2. Beaked whales can dive for a very long time.

  3. A new beaked whale species, called Berardius minimus, was discovered around the coast of Hokkaido.

    deVor der Küste von Hokkaidō wurde eine neue Schnabelwalart mit Namen Berardius minimus entdeckt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
whales in the family Ziphiidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
whales in the family Ziphiidae:

Forms

plural: beaked whales
Singularbeaked whale
Pluralbeaked whales

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Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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