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black whale

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English

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Mother and calf sperm whales (sense 1).
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) cow with calf (sense 2.1).

Noun

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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(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace {{vern}} with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Eubalaena japonica)
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