"black whale" meaning in English

See black whale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: black whales [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black whale (plural black whales)
  1. Any whale of three species:
    a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
    Sense id: en-black_whale-en-noun-40pomI70
  2. Any whale of three species:
    a right whale or northern right whale (family Balaenidae)
    North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
    Sense id: en-black_whale-en-noun-805r7OJL Categories (other): English links with redundant alt parameters, Entries with redundant template: vern, English links with redundant alt parameters Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 7 63 21 9
  3. Any whale of three species:
    a right whale or northern right whale (family Balaenidae)
    North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
    Sense id: en-black_whale-en-noun-HmHNX2h9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with redundant template: vern, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 33 47 8 Disambiguation of Entries with redundant template: vern: 15 32 46 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 34 49 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 32 48 8
  4. Any cetacean blackfish.
    Sense id: en-black_whale-en-noun-VImmA~mQ

Inflected forms

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