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Black whale   /blæk weɪl/   Listen
Black whale

noun
1.
Small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school.  Synonyms: blackfish, common blackfish, Globicephala melaena, pilot whale.
2.
Large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris.  Synonyms: cachalot, Physeter catodon, sperm whale.





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... and close in to the African coast, we saw a splendid tight in the sea, between a big black whale on the one side, and a 'thrasher' or fox-shark on the other, aided by a swordfish, with which latter he had just apparently struck up an alliance offensive and defensive ...
— Young Tom Bowling - The Boys of the British Navy • J.C. Hutcheson


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