Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

short-finned pilot whale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: short--finned pi-lot whale
IPA

36

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the species Globicephala macrorhynchus of oceanic dolphins, generally having a stocky build with black to dark gray or brown skin.

Inflected Forms

short-finned pilot whales (plural)

Questions

What does short-finned pilot whale mean?: Any of the species Globicephala macrorhynchus of oceanic dolphins, generally having a stocky build with black to dark gray or brown skin.

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