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Descriptor English:
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Whales
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Ballenas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Baleias
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Synonyms English:
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Beaked Whale
Beaked Whales
Berardius
Bottle-Nosed Whale, Giant
Bottle-Nosed Whales, Giant
Caperea
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Dwarf Sperm Whales
Eschrichtius robustus
Eubalaena australis
Giant Bottle Nosed Whales
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whale
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales
Goose Beaked Whale
Goose-Beaked Whale
Goose-Beaked Whales
Gray Whale
Gray Whales
Grey Whale
Grey Whales
Mesoplodon
Monodon monoceros
Narwhal
Narwhals
North Atlantic Right Whale
Pygmy Right Whale
Pygmy Right Whales
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whales
Right Whale, North Atlantic
Right Whale, Pygmy
Right Whale, Southern
Right Whales, Pygmy
Right Whales, Southern
Southern Right Whale
Southern Right Whales
Sperm Whale, Dwarf
Sperm Whale, Pygmy
Sperm Whales, Dwarf
Sperm Whales, Pygmy
Whale
Whale, Grey
Whale, Southern Right
Whales, Grey
Whales, Southern Right
Ziphiidae
Ziphius
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Tree Number:
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B01.050.150.900.649.313.875.865
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Definition English:
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Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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some dolphins are misnamed "whales": note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available
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See Related English:
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Ambergris
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under CETACEA 1975-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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15308
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Unique Identifier:
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D014907
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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