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    PILOT WHALE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the schoolplay

    Synonyms:

    black whale; blackfish; common blackfish; Globicephala melaena; pilot whale

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("pilot whale" is a kind of...):

    dolphin (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

    Holonyms ("pilot whale" is a member of...):

    genus Globicephala; Globicephala (pilot whales)

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