Whales {whale, mammal} are baleen or toothed whales.
whale {leviathan}.
small, Arctic whale, male {narwhal} (Monodon monoceros). Male has large long twisted elongated tooth.
largest toothed whale {sperm whale}. Head cavity contains spermaceti and oil.
marine, large, two blowholes, filter feeder {baleen whale} (Mysticeti). Rorqual whales are finback whale, blue whale, and humpback whale. Other whales are gray whale, right whale, and Sei whale. Elastic, horny material makes fringed plates {baleen} {whalebone} down from upper jaws.
baleen whale, arctic {right whale}.
Large marine filter-feeder baleen whales {rorqual whale} include finback whale, blue whale, and humpback whale.
large, baleen whale, rorqual whale {blue whale}.
baleen whale, large, flat head, throat furrows, rorqual whale {finback whale}.
baleen whale, rorqual whale {humpback whale}.
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