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The scientific name, meaning ''toothed whale', given to all other whales, dolphins and porpoises.
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toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales
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A suborder of the Order Cetacea, containing all toothed whale dolphin s and porpoise Pack-ice : A mass of floating pieces of ice driven together to form a solid layer.
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See Toothed Whale.
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Odontoceti (toothed whales) are predators with peg-like teeth; they eat fish, squid, and marine mammals. They include orcas, narwhals, belugas, sperm whales, beaked whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
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