globicephala melaena

What does globicephala melaena mean?

globicephala melaena means "small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school".

What is another word for globicephala melaena?

Close synonyms include pilot whale, black whale, common blackfish, blackfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is globicephala melaena a common word?

globicephala melaena is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for globicephala melaena come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.