Pilot fish — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
Pilot whale — Taxobox name = Pilot Whale image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Cetacea familia = Delphinidae genus = Globicephala range range map width = 250px range map caption = Green: Long finned range; Blue:… … Wikipedia
pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head. [1865 70] * * * Any of one to three species (genus Globicephala, family Delphinidae) of toothed whale found in all oceans except the Arctic and… … Universalium
pilot whales — paprastosios grindos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas gentis apibrėžtis Gentyje 3 rūšys. Paplitimo arealas – beveik visose jūrose, išskyrus arktines ir antarktines. atitikmenys: lot. Globicephala angl. pilot whales vok.… … Žinduolių pavadinimų žodynas
pilot whale — noun Date: 1867 either of two chiefly black medium sized toothed whales (Globicephala melaena syn. G. melas and G. macrorhynchus) called also blackfish … New Collegiate Dictionary
Short-finned Pilot Whale — Taxobox name = Short finned Pilot Whale MSW3 Cetacea|id=14300051] status = DD status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [cite web|title=Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|url=http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/cetacean… … Wikipedia
Long-finned Pilot Whale — Taxobox name = Long finned Pilot Whale MSW3 Cetacea|id=14300052] status = DD status system = iucn3.1 status ref = [cite web|title=Cetacean update of the 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species|url=http://cmsdata.iucn.org/downloads/cetacean table … Wikipedia
cetacean — cetaceous, adj. /si tay sheuhn/, adj. 1. belonging to the Cetacea, an order of aquatic, chiefly marine mammals, including the whales and dolphins. n. 2. a cetacean mammal. [1830 40; < NL Cetace(a) name of the order (see CET , ACEA) + AN] * * *… … Universalium
killer whale — any of several predatory dolphins, esp. the black and white Orcinus orca, found in all seas. [1880 85] * * * or orca A species (Orcinus orca) of toothed whale found in all seas from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Largest of the dolphins, the male… … Universalium
whaling — /hway ling, way /, n. the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing. [1680 90; WHALE1 + ING1] * * * Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt … Universalium
toothed whale — any whale of the suborder Odontoceti, having conical teeth in one or both jaws and feeding on fish, squid, etc. Cf. whalebone whale. [1835 45] * * * Common term for members of the cetacean suborder Odontoceti. Toothed whales have slicing teeth… … Universalium