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pilot whale(dictionary)
Pilot(money)
pilot(2)(dictionary)
pilot(1)(dictionary)
co-pilot(dictionary)
pilot(medicine)
Pilot Project(money)
automatic pilot(dictionary)
JEFFERSON-PILOT(finance)

pilot whale (sh)




Any of one to three species (genus Globicephala, family Delphinidae) of toothed whale found in all oceans except the Arctic and Antarctic, also called caa'ing whale for a roaring sound it makes when stranded.

It is black, usually with a lighter splash on the throat and chest, and has a round, bulging forehead, a short beaklike snout, and slender, pointed flippers, and grows to 13-20 ft (4-6 m) long. Pilot whales live in large schools, sometimes hundreds or thousands, feeding mainly on squid. They have been kept in oceanariums and trained to perform.