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A term used to describe any whale, dolphin or porpoise that has teeth rather than baleen.
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A whale of the sub-order Odontoceti, having teeth rather than plates of baleen. They grasp and swallow prey whole, unlike the sub-order Mysticeti which are filter feeders.
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Suborder of cetaceans with teeth (Odontoceti).
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any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
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This refers to marine mammals from the Order Cetacea and Suborder Odontoceti. These whales are carnivores with uniformly sized teeth that are used to grasp their prey. There are 30 species of toothed whales in the world today.
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A suborder of whale dolphin s and porpoise s with teeth, members of the Odontoceti suborder.
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The toothed whales (systematic name Odontoceti) form a suborder of the cetaceans. As the name suggests, the suborder is characterized by having teeth (rather than baleen as do animals in the other suborder of cetaceans, Mysticeti). Toothed whales are active hunters, feeding on fish, squid, and in some cases marine mammals.
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