#cetacean_mammal__cetacean__blower large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
supertype: #aquatic_mammal__aquaticmammal whales and dolphins; manatees and dugongs; walruses; seals
part: #fluke #blowhole
member of: #order_Cetacea #pod
subtype: #whale any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
subtype: #baleen_whale__whalebone_whale__whalebonewhale whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
subtype: #right_whale__rightwhale large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
subtype: #bowhead_whale__bowheadwhale__bowhead__Greenland_whale__Balaena_mysticetus large-mouthed arctic whale
subtype: #rorqual__razorback any of several baleen whales of of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
subtype: #finback_whale__finbackwhale__finback__finwhale__common_rorqual__Balaenoptera_physalus large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: #sei_whale__seiwhale__Balaenoptera_borealis similar to but smaller than the finback whale
subtype: #lesser_rorqual__piked_whale__pikedwhale__minke_whale__minkewhale__Balaenoptera_acutorostrata small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: #blue_whale__sulfur_bottom__Balaenoptera_musculus largest mammal ever known; bluish-gray migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
subtype: #humpback_whale__humpback__Megaptera_novaeangliae large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
subtype: #gray_whale__devilfish__Eschrichtius_gibbosus__Eschrichtius_robustus medium-sized grayish-black whale of the north Pacific
subtype: #toothed_whale__toothedwhale any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
subtype: #sperm_whale__spermwhale__cachalot__black_whale__blackwhale__Physeter_catodon large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
subtype: #pygmy_sperm_whale__pygmyspermwhale__Kogia_breviceps small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America
subtype: #dwarf_sperm_whale__dwarfspermwhale__kogiasimu very small (to 8 feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: #beaked_whale any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw
subtype: #bottle-nosed_whale__bottlenose_whale__bottlenose__Hyperoodon_ampullatus North Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead
subtype: #dolphin any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
subtype: #common_dolphin__Delphinus_delphis black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water; one of the dolphins displayed at the Marinelands of California and Florida
subtype: #bottlenose_dolphin__bottle-nosed_dolphin__bottlenose any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of North Atlantic and Mediterranean
subtype: #Atlantic_bottlenose_dolphin__Tursiops_truncatus the most common dolphin of North Atlantic and Mediterranean; often kept captive and trained to perform
subtype: #Pacific_bottlenose_dolphin__Tursiops_gilli a bottlenose dolphin found in the Pacific Ocean
subtype: #porpoise any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth
subtype: #harbor_porpoise__herring_hog__Phocaena_phocaena the common porpoise of the North Atlantic and Pacific
subtype: #grampus__grampu__Grampus_griseus slaty-gray blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
subtype: #killer_whale__killer__orca__grampus__grampu__sea_wolf__seawolf__Orcinus_orca predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
subtype: #pilot_whale__pilotwhale__black_whale__blackwhale__common_blackfish__blackfish__Globicephala_melaena small dark-colored whaled of United States Atlantic coast; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
subtype: #river_dolphin__riverdolphin any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia
subtype: #white_whale__whitewhale__beluga__Delphinapterus_leucas small northern whale that is white when adult
subtype: #narwhal__narwal__narwhale__Monodon_monoceros small arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk
subtype: #spouter a spouting whale
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