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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae, having a beaklike snout and a small dorsal fin.

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  • noun Any of at least 20 species of whales in the family Ziphiidae, known to dive to great depths.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

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