black whale

English Thesaurus

1. large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	toothed whale,
definition	:	any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus physeter, physeter,
definition	:	type genus of the Physeteridae (noun.animal)

2. small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	dolphin,
definition	:	any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	genus globicephala, globicephala,
definition	:	pilot whales (noun.animal)