Meanings
nountoothed whale (plural toothed whales)
plural toothed whales
- Any of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.
Synonyms: odontocete
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of the parvorder Odontoceti of cetaceans that have teeth instead of baleen, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.
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Origin
- translingualOdontoceti
- Englishtoothed whale
Calque of translingual Odontoceti. By surface analysis, toothed + whale.
More words from translingual
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 齒鯨 /齿鲸
- 齒鯨 /齿鲸 (chǐjīng)whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Dutch tandwalvis
- tandwalviswhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Finnish hammasvalas
- hammasvalaswhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
French odontocète, cétacé à dents
- odontocètewhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
- cétacé à dentswhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
German Zahnwal
- Zahnwalwhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Italian odontoceto
- odontocetowhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Polish zębowiec
- zębowiecwhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Portuguese odontoceto
- odontocetowhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Russian зуба́тый кит
- зуба́тый кит (zubátyj kit)whale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Spanish odontoceto
- odontocetowhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
Welsh morfil danheddog
- morfil danheddogwhale of the Odontoceti parvorder
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APA
toothed whale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothed%20whale
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“toothed whale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothed%20whale. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toothed whale,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothed%20whale.
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