Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun black_whale

2 senses of black whale

Sense 1
pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena -- (small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school)
       => dolphin -- (any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises)

Sense 2
sperm whale, cachalot, black whale, Physeter catodon -- (large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris)
       => toothed whale -- (any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.)