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pilot whale
noun
Definition of PILOT WHALE
: either of two chiefly dark gray to black medium-sized toothed whales (Globicephala melaena and G. macrorhynchus) of temperate to tropical waters —called also blackfish
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First Known Use of PILOT WHALE
1867
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