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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Whales
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Ballenas
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Baleias
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Synonyms English:
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Beaked Whales
Berardius
Caperea
Dwarf Sperm Whale
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales
Goose-Beaked Whale
Gray Whale
Mesoplodon
Narwhals
Pygmy Right Whale
Pygmy Sperm Whale
Right Whale, North Atlantic
Right Whale, Southern
Ziphiidae
Ziphius
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Tree Number:
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B01.050.150.900.649.189.865
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Definition English:
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Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened. |
Indexing Annotation English:
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some dolphins are misnamed "whales": note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available
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See Related English:
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Ambergris
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History Note English:
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91(75); was see under CETACEA 1975-90
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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15308
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Unique Identifier:
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D014907
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Similar:
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DeCS CID-10 SciELO LILACS LIS
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