pilot whale

What does pilot whale mean?

pilot whale 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 pilot whale?

Close synonyms include black whale, common blackfish, blackfish, Globicephala melaena. 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 pilot whale a common word?

pilot whale 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 pilot whale come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.