Meaning

4 senses

  1. Any whale of three species:

    A sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))

  2. A right whale or northern right whale (family Balaenidae)

    North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

  3. North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)

  4. Any cetacean blackfish.

More definitions
  • small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
  • large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris

Forms

plural: black whales
Singularblack whale
Pluralblack whales

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school:pilot whalecommon blackfishblackfishGlobicephala melaena
  • large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris:sperm whalecachalotPhyseter catodon

See also

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