beaked whale

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beaked whale

Any of various toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae, having a beaklike snout and a small dorsal fin.

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beaked′ whale′

any of several toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae, inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws.

[1875–80]

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beaked whale - any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw

toothed whale - any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.

family Hyperodontidae, family Ziphiidae, Hyperodontidae, Ziphiidae - beaked whales; in some especially former classifications included in the family Physeteridae

bottlenose whale, bottle-nosed whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus, bottlenose - northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead

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The Cuvier's beaked whale, which weighed 1,100 pounds and measured 15 feet, was filled with 88 pounds of bags, nylon ropes, and other disposable plastic products.

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After the juvenile male cuvier beaked whale was recovered on Saturday, an examination found 16 rice sacks, four banana plantation-style bags and many shopping bags among the deadly mass of plastic it had swallowed, the D' Bone Collector Museum said in a Facebook post.

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An autopsy found the Cuvier's beaked whale died of "gastric shock" after ingesting 16 rice sacks, four banana plantation bags, multiple carriers and hundreds of small pieces of plastic.

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Marine animals are often unable to defend or protect themselves from human pollution, which too often ends up in an ocean, and on Saturday, a juvenile male Cuvier's beaked whale was found dead in the Philippines after consuming 88 pounds of plastic, reports the (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/18/world/asia/whale-plastics-philippines.html) New York Times.