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Descriptor English:   Whales 
Descriptor Spanish:   Ballenas 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Baleias 
Synonyms English:   Beaked Whales
Berardius
Caperea
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales
Goose-Beaked Whale
Gray Whale
Mesoplodon
Narwhals
Pygmy Right Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Right Whale, North Atlantic
Right Whale, Southern
Ziphiidae
Ziphius  
Tree Number:   B01.050.150.900.649.189.865
Definition English:   Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened. 
Indexing Annotation English:   some dolphins are misnamed "whales": note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available
See Related English:   Ambergris
 
History Note English:   91(75); was see under CETACEA 1975-90 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AB abnormalities AH anatomy & histology
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CL classification EM embryology
GE genetics GD growth & development
IM immunology IN injuries
ME metabolism MI microbiology
PS parasitology PH physiology
PX psychology SU surgery
UR urine VI virology
Record Number:   15308 
Unique Identifier:   D014907 

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