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toothed whale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
toothed whale
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

Etymology

Calque of translingual Odontoceti. By surface analysis, toothed + whale.

Inflected Forms

toothed whales (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

baleen whale

Synonyms

odontocete

Questions

What does toothed whale mean?
Any of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.
Where does toothed whale come from?
Calque of translingual Odontoceti. By surface analysis, toothed + whale.

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