beaked

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Beaked whales We know 24 species of beaked whales, which belong to the toothed whales.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2024

Beaked whales are rarely spotted because they spend their lives largely in the open ocean, far from shore, diving more than 1000 meters deep to feed, probably on squid and fish.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 21, 2021

Beaked whales also remain largely silent until they are deep enough to avoid their black-and-white cousins, surfacing infrequently to refill their lungs.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 21, 2021

Beaked whales seemed to be frightened by sonar, and marine biologists think they are sometimes driven to beach themselves by the sound.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2012

Involucre of united bracts, prolonged into a bristly beak beyond the fruit Beaked Hazel, Corylus rostrata.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan