baleine à dents

Definitions of baleine à dents
  1. noun
    any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
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    cachalot
    large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
    dauphin
    any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
    marsouin
    any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
    épaulard
    predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
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    baleine
    any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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