whales - CISMeF

Preferred Label : whales;

MeSH definition : Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened.;

MeSH synonym : whale;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Cetacea;

MeSH hyponym : right whale, southern; pygmy sperm whale; pygmy right whale; giant Bottle-Nosed whales; Goose-Beaked whale; beaked whales; dwarf sperm whale; mesoplodon; narwhals; right whale, north atlantic; gray whale; Dwarf Sperm Whales; Sperm Whale, Dwarf; Sperm Whales, Dwarf; Bottle-Nosed Whale, Giant; Bottle-Nosed Whales, Giant; Giant Bottle Nosed Whales; Giant Bottle-Nosed Whale; Berardius; Goose Beaked Whale; Goose-Beaked Whales; Ziphius; Right Whales, Southern; Southern Right Whale; Southern Right Whales; Whale, Southern Right; Whales, Southern Right; Eubalaena australis; Narwhal; Monodon monoceros; Pygmy Right Whales; Right Whale, Pygmy; Right Whales, Pygmy; Caperea; Pygmy Sperm Whales; Sperm Whale, Pygmy; Sperm Whales, Pygmy; North Atlantic Right Whale; Beaked Whale; Ziphiidae; Gray Whales; Eschrichtius robustus; Grey Whale; Grey Whales; Whale, Grey; Whales, Grey;

MeSH Related Number : txid160595; txid27604; txid27606; txid27615; txid40151; txid48741; txid9752; txid9756; txid9757; txid9760; txid9764;

MeSH annotation : some dolphins are misnamed whales: note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetacea;

Details

Origin ID

D014907;

UMLS CUI

C0043136;

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Record concept(s)
- Goose-Beaked whale [MeSH concept]
- beaked whales [MeSH concept]
- dwarf sperm whale [MeSH concept]
- giant Bottle-Nosed whales [MeSH concept]
- gray whale [MeSH concept]
- mesoplodon [MeSH concept]
- narwhals [MeSH concept]
- pygmy right whale [MeSH concept]
- pygmy sperm whale [MeSH concept]
- right whale, north atlantic [MeSH concept]
- right whale, southern [MeSH concept]
- whales [MeSH concept]
See also
- ambergris [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Mammal [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Whale (organism) [SNOMED CT concept]
- whale, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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