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A whale is any marine MAMMAL of the order
Cetacea, with front limbs modified into
flippers and with internal vestiges of hind
limbs. The order is divided into the toothed
whales (Odontoceti) and the baleen whales
(Mysticeti). The toothed whales include
dolphins and porpoises, along with large
forms such as sperm whales. The baleen
whales, with plates of modified mucous
membrane called baleen in the mouth, are all
large in size and include finback and right
whales.
Subject by: Shaun Jay