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Either of two species of whale in the genus Globicephala, dark grey in colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: blackfish, caaing whale, social whale, deductor
Antonyms: none provided
small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dolphin
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
calderón
— either of two species of whale
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Asturian:
arruaxe
— either of two species of whale
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Asturian:
moscote
— either of two species of whale
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Bulgarian:
гринда
(grinda)
— either of two species of whale
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Catalan:
cap d'olla negre
— either of two species of whale
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Czech:
kulohlavec
— either of two species of whale
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Danish:
grindehval
— either of two species of whale
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Dutch:
griend
— either of two species of whale
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Dutch:
grindewal
— either of two species of whale
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Faroese:
grindahvalur
— either of two species of whale
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Finnish:
pallopäävalas
— either of two species of whale
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French:
baleine-pilote
— either of two species of whale
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French:
globicéphale
— either of two species of whale
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German:
Grindwal
— either of two species of whale
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Greek:
μαυροδέλφινο
(mavrodélfino)
— either of two species of whale
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Greenlandic:
niisarnaq
— either of two species of whale
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Icelandic:
marsvín
— either of two species of whale
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Icelandic:
grindhvalur
— either of two species of whale
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Icelandic:
grind
— either of two species of whale
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Irish:
píolótach
— either of two species of whale
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Korean:
거두고래
(geodugorae)
— either of two species of whale
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Latvian:
grinda
— either of two species of whale
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Lithuanian:
grinda
— either of two species of whale
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Māori:
upokohue
— either of two species of whale
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Māori:
tukuperu
— either of two species of whale
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Norwegian Bokmål:
grindhval
— either of two species of whale
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
grindkval
— either of two species of whale
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Polish:
grindwal
— either of two species of whale
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Portuguese:
baleia-piloto
— either of two species of whale
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Russian:
гри́нда
(grínda)
— either of two species of whale
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Serbo-Croatian:
гринд
— either of two species of whale
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Serbo-Croatian:
grind
— either of two species of whale
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Slovak:
grinda
— either of two species of whale
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Spanish:
calderón
— either of two species of whale
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Swedish:
grindval
— either of two species of whale
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Ukrainian:
гри́нда
(hrýnda)
— either of two species of whale