toothed whale

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toothed whale - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toothed \Toothed\, a.
     1. Having teeth; furnished with teeth. "Ruby-lipped and
        toothed with pearl." --Herrick.
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     2. (Bot. & Zool.) Having marginal projecting points; dentate.
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     Toothed whale (Zool.), any whale of the order Denticete.
        See Denticete.
  
     Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set
        on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by
        their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.
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toothed whale - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  toothed whale
      n 1: any of several whales having simple conical teeth and
           feeding on fish etc.