: any of a suborder (Odontoceti) of cetaceans (such as a dolphin, porpoise, or killer whale) bearing usually numerous simple conical teeth compare baleen whale
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By creating a kind of prehistoric food web, the researchers placed animals like sea bream (which eat mussels and crustaceans) at the bottom, followed by smaller sharks and extinct toothed whales the size of modern dolphins.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The researchers found that sea bream, a fish that feeds on mussels and crustaceans, was at the bottom of their reconstructed chain, followed by smaller sharks from the Carcharhinus genus, up to 9.8 feet (3 meters) in length, and extinct toothed whales comparable in size to modern dolphins.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
The largest toothed whale species on Earth, sperm whales are found in deep parts of every ocean, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Function and evolution of specialized endogenous lipids in toothed whales
Sara Novak is a science journalist based in South Carolina.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
The researchers found that sea bream, a fish that feeds on mussels and crustaceans, was at the bottom of their reconstructed chain, followed by smaller sharks from the Carcharhinus genus, up to 9.8 feet (3 meters) in length, and extinct toothed whales comparable in size to modern dolphins.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
The largest toothed whale species on Earth, sperm whales are found in deep parts of every ocean, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
Function and evolution of specialized endogenous lipids in toothed whales
Sara Novak is a science journalist based in South Carolina.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
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“Toothed whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toothed%20whale. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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