pygmy sperm whale

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   small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America

   SynonymsKogia breviceps

   Broadertoothed whale

   Part ofKogia

Questions about pygmy sperm whale

What does pygmy sperm whale mean?

pygmy sperm whale means "small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America".

What is another word for pygmy sperm whale?

Close synonyms include Kogia breviceps. 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 pygmy sperm whale a common word?

pygmy sperm 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.