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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of delphinoid odontocete cetaceans, containing the caaing- or pilot-whales, of which the best-known species is G. melas or svineval.
  • noun [lowercase] A member of this genus: as, the short-finned globicephalus, G. brachypterus.

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