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Science / Whales

Whale vocabulary

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The location of objects by reflected sound, in particular that used by animals such as dolphins and bats is known as __________. echolocation
The nostril of a whale on the top of its head used for blowing or breathing. blowhole
a toothed whale with a massive head, typically feeding at great depths on squid, formerly valued for the spermaceti and sperm oil in head. Sperm whale
A baleen, migratory, mottled-bluish-gray rorqual, found in all oceans of world. Known to grow as long as 110 ft and weigh 150 tons. Blue whale
A warm-blodded vertebrate animal of a class that is distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, secretion of milk by females, and birth of live young. mammal
This was known as the "walking whale". It was an early cetacean that could walk as well as swim. It lived 50-49 mya. ambalocetus
A branch of zoology that deals with the study of whales, dolphins and porpoises. cetology
A type of whale that has plates of whalebone in the mouth for straining plankton from the water. They include the rorquals, humpback, right whales and gray whale. Baleen whale
Either of the lobes of a whales tail. fluke
An order of marine mammals that comprises whales, dolphins, and porpoises. cetacean
A division that comprises toothed whales odontoceti
to break through the surface of the water breaching
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