Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pilot whale

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English

Syllables: pi-lot whale
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Either of two species of whale in the genus Globicephala, dark grey in colour.

Inflected Forms

pilot whales (plural)

Phrases

long-finned pilot whale short-finned pilot whale

Synonyms

blackfish caaing whale social whale deductor black whale common blackfish globicephala melaena

Questions

What does pilot whale mean?: Either of two species of whale in the genus Globicephala, dark grey in colour.

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