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Cetacean Crossword Clue

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noun

• predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas

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28%5 A cetacean able to echolocate under water by means of the mass of specialised adipose tissue, or “melon”, on its forehead
noun

• a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

• any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

verb

• hunt for whales

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