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A harbour porpoise. Dolphins and porpoises are toothed whales. Notice its single blowhole; toothed whales are the only mammals with one nostril instead of two.

toothed whale (plural toothed whales)

  1. (marine biology) A whale of the Odontoceti parvorder of the cetaceans, including sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and others.

whale of the Odontoceti parvorder