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Definition of Pygmy sperm whale
1. Noun. Small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America.
Generic synonyms: Toothed Whale
Group relationships: Genus Kogia, Kogia
Definition of Pygmy sperm whale
1. Noun. One of the two small whales in the sperm whale family, ''Kogia breviceps''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pygmy Sperm Whale
Literary usage of Pygmy sperm whale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"enormous head of the Cachalot and the very fairly-developed skull of the " Pygmy
Sperm Whale." Both, however, furnish spermaceti, and in various ..."
2. Ecotourism Marshaling Resources to Promote New Jersey's Ecotourism Treasures ... (1998)
"The second film showed how a stranded pygmy Sperm whale named Inky was saved
after being stranded on a beach in New Jersey. After viewing the types of ..."
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