| adult |
animal that is fully grown |
| Antarctic
convergence |
natural boundary in the oceans
around Antarctica |
| anterior |
situated at or near the the
head |
| aquatic |
living in the sea or freshwater |
| beach-rubbing |
rubbing body on stones in shallow
water |
| beak |
the snout of a whale, dolphin
or porpoise |
| benthic |
relating to the bottom of the
sea |
| blaze |
light streaking of color, usually
before the dorsal fin |
| blow |
cloud of air exhaled by crustaceans |
| blowhole |
nostrils on the top of the
head where they breathe |
| blubber |
fat under skin |
| bow-riding |
riding on the wave of a ship
or a whale |
| calf |
a young dolphin |
| cetacean |
a group of warm-blooded animals |
| crustacean |
a natural group of animals
with hard shells |
| dolphin |
a whale with a long beak, but
smaller |
| dorsal fin |
a small single fin |
| fin |
the part of a dolphin and whale
that helps them swim |
| flipper |
an arm for animals |
| krill |
shrimplike animals |
| migration |
movement of animals from place
to place |
| plankton |
tiny living animals or plants
living in the ocean |
| porpoise |
a smaller, short beaked whale |
| prey |
a animal hunted by other animals
or people |
| sonar |
a way of hearing sounds from
far away |
| stock |
population |
| ton |
two thousand pounds |
| whale |
large cetacean |