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Hyperoodon bidens
Sperm whale Sperm" whale` (Zo["o]l.) A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale. Pygmy sperm whale (Zo["o]l.), a small whale (Kogia breviceps), seldom twenty feet long, native of tropical seas, but occasionally found on the American coast. Called also snub-nosed cachalot. Sperm-whale porpoise (Zo["o]l.), a toothed cetacean (Hypero["o]don bidens), found on both sides of the Atlantic and valued for its oil. The adult becomes about twenty-five feet long, and its head is very large and thick. Called also bottle-nosed whale.

Meaning of Hyperoodon from wikipedia

- Hyperoodon (or Hyperoödon) is a genus of beaked whale, containing just two species: the Northern and Southern bottlenose whales. While not in the genus...
- bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon planifrons) is a species of whale, in the Ziphiid family, one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. Seldom observed, the...
- bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) is a species of beaked whale in the ziphiid family, being one of two members of the genus Hyperoodon. The northern...
- Berardius minimus NT Northern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus DD Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons LC Tropical bottlenose whale, Indopacetus...
- kigutilik) Physeter macrocephalus Ziphiidae Northern bottlenose whale Hyperoodon ampullatus "Canada's Marine Mammals". www.aquatic.uoguelph.ca. "Bowhead...
- arnuxii) Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii) Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus) Hyperoodon (Bottlenose whales) Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus) Southern...
- 1959 Hyperoodon capensis Gray, 1865 Hyperoodon desmarestii Gray, 1850 Hyperoodon doumetii Gray, 1850 Hyperoodon gervaisii Duvernoy, 1851 Hyperoodon semijunctus...
- arnuxii) Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii) Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus) Hyperoodon (Bottlenose whales) Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus) Southern...
- Subfamily Hyperoodontinae Genus †Africanacetus Genus †Belemnoziphius Genus Hyperoodon, bottlenose whales H. ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale H. planifrons...
- arnuxii) Baird's beaked whale (B. bairdii) Sato's beaked whale (B. minimus) Hyperoodon (Bottlenose whales) Northern bottlenose whale (H. ampullatus) Southern...