Phrase guide

toothed whale

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: whale

Narrower terms: sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon, pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps, dwarf sperm whale, Kogia simus, beaked whale, dolphin

History

Etymology

Calque of translingual Odontoceti. By surface analysis, toothed + whale.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 齒鯨 /齿鲸 (chǐjīng) — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Min Nan Chinese: 齒鯨 /齿鲸 (khí-keng) — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Dutch: tandwalvis — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Finnish: hammasvalas — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • French: odontocète — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • French: cétacé à dents — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • German: Zahnwal — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Italian: odontoceto — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Mongolian: шүдэт халим (šüdet xalim) — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Polish: zębowiec — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Portuguese: odontoceto — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Russian: зуба́тый кит (zubátyj kit) — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Spanish: odontoceto — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
  • Welsh: morfil danheddog — whale of the Odontoceti parvorder