Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

longfin pilot whale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: longfin pi-lot whale
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large species of dolphin, Globicephala melas, of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean.

Example Sentences

"Unfortunately, the exact populations of the above mammals are not known, although it is believed that longfin pilot whales are very common throughout the North Atlantic."

Inflected Forms

longfin pilot whales (plural)

Synonyms

long-finned pilot whale

Questions

What does longfin pilot whale mean?: A large species of dolphin, Globicephala melas, of the North Atlantic and Southern Ocean.

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