dolphin kick | a swimming kick, an up and down kick of the feet together |
whale shark Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
whale louse | amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans |
whale | any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
baleen whale whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
right whale | large Arctic whalebone whale, allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
bowhead bowhead whale Greenland whale Balaena mysticetus | large-mouthed Arctic whale |
blue whale sulfur bottom Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
finback finback whale fin whale common rorqual Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
sei whale Balaenoptera borealis | similar to but smaller than the finback whale |
lesser rorqual piked whale minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
humpback humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
toothed whale | any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
sperm whale cachalot black whale Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also a source of ambergris |
pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
beaked whale | any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
bottle-nosed whale bottlenose whale bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
dolphin | any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout, larger than porpoises |
common dolphin Delphinus delphis | black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water, |
bottlenose dolphin bottle-nosed dolphin bottlenose | any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak, chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean |
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus | the most common dolphin of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean, often kept captive and trained to perform |
Pacific bottlenose dolphin Tursiops gilli | a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean |
killer whale killer orca grampus sea wolf Orcinus orca | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin, common in cold seas |
pilot whale black whale common blackfish blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
river dolphin | any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia |
white whale beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
whale sucker whalesucker Remilegia australis | large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins |
dolphinfish dolphin mahimahi | large slender food and game fish widely distributed in warm seas (especially around Hawaii) |
dolphin striker martingale | spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat |
vent venthole vent-hole blowhole | a hole for the escape of gas or air |
blowhole | the spiracle of a cetacean located far back on the skull |
giant hulk heavyweight whale | a very large person, impressive in size or qualities |
dolphin oil | an unsaturated fatty oil obtained from dolphins and used as a fine lubricant |
whale oil train oil | a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber, formerly used as an illuminant |
whale | hunt for whales |