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Beaked whale
Beaked Beaked, a. 1. Having a beak or a beaklike point; beak-shaped. ``Each beaked promontory.' --Milton. 2. (Biol.) Furnished with a process or a mouth like a beak; rostrate. Beaked whale (Zo["o]l.), a cetacean of the genus Hyperoodon; the bottlehead whale.

Meaning of Beaked whale from wikipedia

- ginkgo-toothed beaked whale M. grayi, Gray's beaked whale M. hectori, Hector's beaked whale M. layardii, strap-toothed whale M. mirus, True's beaked whale M. peruvi****...
- Cuvier's beaked whale, goose-beaked whale, or ziphius (Ziphius cavirostris) is the most widely distributed of all beaked whales in the family Ziphiidae...
- The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is the rarest species of beaked whale. As of a find in 2024,[update] only six specimens have been confirmed...
- Gervais's beaked whale (Mesoplodon europaeus), sometimes known as the Antillean beaked whale, Gulf Stream beaked whale, or European beaked whale (from which...
- Shepherd's beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi), also commonly called Tasman's beaked whale or simply the Tasman whale, is a cetacean of the family Ziphiidae...
- The strap-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon layardii), also known as Layard's beaked whale, is one of the largest members of the Mesoplodon genus, growing...
- the jaw'. Mesoplodont beaked whales are small whales, 3.9 m (13 ft) (pygmy beaked whale) to 6.2 m (20 ft) (strap-toothed whale) in length, even compared...
- The pygmy beaked whale (Mesoplodon peruvi****), also known as the bandolero beaked whale, Peruvian beaked whale and lesser beaked whale, is the smallest...
- Blainville's beaked whale (Mesoplodon densirostris), or the dense-beaked whale, is believed to be the widest ranging mesoplodont whale. The French zoologist...
- Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii), also called the southern four-toothed whale, southern beaked whale, New Zealand beaked whale, southern giant...