PILOT WHALE

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Meaning:

Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school

Synonyms:

black whale; blackfish; common blackfish; Globicephala melaena; pilot whale

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pilot whale" is a kind of...):

dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Holonyms ("pilot whale" is a member of...):

genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)

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