black whale

English

Noun

black whale (plural black whales)

  1. Any whale of three species:
    1. a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
    2. a right whale or northern right whale (family Balaenidae)
      1. North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
      2. North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
  2. Any cetacean blackfish.

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