black whale

English
Mother and calf sperm whales (sense 1).
North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) cow with calf (sense 2.1).

Noun

black whale (plural black whales)

  1. Any whale of three species:
    1. a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
    2. a right whale or northern right whale (family Balaenidae)
      1. North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
      2. North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
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