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| cetacean | a group of sea dwelling mammals that include whales, dolphins and porpoises |
| blowhole | nostril on top of the whales head through which it breathes |
| flukes | the fins that make up a whales tale |
| blubber | fatty layer under the skin that keeps whales warm |
| migrate | to move from one location to another as seasons change |
| pod | a group of whales |
| baleen | stiff hard, plates that hang from the jaw |
| krill | small, shrimplike creatures that baleen whales eat |
| breaching | when a whale jumps straight up out of water |
| lobtailing | slapping the flukes against the water |
| dorsal fin | the fin on top of the whales back |
