beaked whale

NOUN
  1. any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
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  • See Mr. Pennant\ Britifh Zoology Vol. 3.p. 43. where it is called the beaked Whale, and very well defcribed; a drawing is feen in the explanatory table, n. Travels into North America : containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curiou
  • They argue that certain species of marine mammals-such as beaked whales-are uniquely susceptible to injury from active sonar; these injuries would not necessarily be detected by the Navy, given that beaked whales are "very deep divers" that spend little time at the surface., eh? Althouse
  • North Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
  • At the time 14 beaked whales became beached on the same day that U.S. Navy destroyers where engaged in a sonar exercise.
  • Marlin, sailfish, beaked whales and large artiodactyls and the recently discovered bipedal predatory dinosaur Suchomimus tenenerensis have neural spines that have broad anterior-to-posterior surfaces.
  • A species of whales called beaked whales is particularly susceptible to harm from sonar, which can cause them to strand themselves onshore. Home - BostonHerald.com
  • But it is easier to hear the baleen whale, with its lower-frequency call, than the beaked whales, says Theriault.
  • Dolphins and porpoises are examples of odontocetes, as are belugas, narwhals, killer whales, sperm whales, and beaked whales.
  • They are the species known as beaked whales - which normally live quite deep in the ocean and far offshore from Oregon's beaches. Oregon Coast Travel, Tourism, Science, Entertainment News - Breaking News from the Oregon Coast
  • A species of whales called beaked whales are particularly susceptible to harm from sonar, which can cause them to strand themselves onshore, Kendall said. SouthCoastToday.com Latest Headlines
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