whale
animals in the order Cetacea
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Summary
whale is an organisms known by a particular common name[1]. whale ranks in the top 6% of organisms known by a particular common name entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,321 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: marine mammal[3], Cetacea[4]
- Commons category: Whales[5]
- Patron saint: Brendan the Navigator[6]
- Unicode character: 🐋[7], 🐳[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Whales[9]
- Described by source: Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[10], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[11], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18], New International Encyclopedia[19]
- This taxon is source of: whalebone[20]
- Different from: Q57941455[21]
- Produced sound: whale vocalization[22]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23], WikiProject Climate change[24]
- Taxon known by this common name: Physeteroidea[25], Monodontidae[26], Ziphiidae[27], Mysticeti[28]
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Discovery and Description
Things named for whale include Godzilla[29], a film character[30]; November-class submarine[31], a submarine class[32]; and Nahang-class submarine[33], a submarine class[34].
Why It Matters
whale has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] whale is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]
Entities named for whale include Godzilla[29], a film character[30]; November-class submarine[31], a submarine class[32]; and Nahang-class submarine[33], a submarine class[34].