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Preferred term

Whales, Pilot  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Globicephala
  • Pilot Whales

Scope note

  • The genus Globicephala, in the family Delphinidae, consisting of two species of DOLPHINS. They are mostly black with a stocky shape and bulbous foreheads.

History note

  • 2006; use DOLPHINS 1998-2005

In other languages

  • pallopäävalaat

    Finnish

  • Globicephala
  • grindvalaat
  • pallopäävalaiden suku
  • Grindvalar

    Swedish

  • Kortfenad grindval
  • Långfenad grindval
  • Pilotvalar

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050686

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