How to Use pilot whale in a Sentence

pilot whale

noun
  • Here is a pilot whale who has been carrying her dead calf for three weeks.
    — Time, 11 Dec. 2022
  • Marmosets track melodies, and pilot whales have group dialects.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 Mar. 2019
  • The pilot whales also formed a tight cluster on hearing the killer-whale calls.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Fitzgerald points to some living whales, like the pilot whale, for an answer.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 16 Aug. 2011
  • This is one pilot whale, this doesn’t consider other species.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
  • The list includes pilot whales, but also sea turtles and dolphins.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
  • At last report, Farewell Spit was still covered with the hundreds of dead pilot whales.
    — Lauren Young, Smithsonian, 10 Feb. 2017
  • The news comes after at least 50 dead pilot whales were found on a remote beach in Iceland.
    — Fox News, 30 July 2019
  • Others who pass through include minke whales, pilot whales, sperm whales, orcas, and the species of dolphin known as the false killer whale.
    — Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Three pilot whales had beached and died two months earlier in a stranding that killed 21 animals in all.
    — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • There are also concerns about how these hunts affect the pilot whale population.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Veterinarians say the sick pilot whale may have thought the plastic bags and other debris were food.
    — David Carrig, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • Last week, a small male pilot whale was found struggling, unable to swim or breathe, in a Thai canal near the Malaysia border.
    — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
  • These included those of killer whales, pilot whales, Risso’s dolphins and humpback whales.
    — The Economist, 14 June 2018
  • Last week, a male pilot whale was seen floating strangely in the waters off Southern Thailand.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 5 June 2018
  • Last week, a pilot whale died in Thailand after consuming over 80 plastic bags from the ocean.
    — Casey Quackenbush, Time, 6 June 2018
  • Thankfully for Waddington, the pilot whales left his rudders intact.
    — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • While sailing past the Pitons and listening to a live saxophonist, we were greeted by dozens of pilot whales.
    — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
  • But George noted the site is at least 30 miles (48 kilometers) from where the pilot whales stranded.
    — Russ Bynum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • In June last year, a short-fin male pilot whale died after ingesting more than 17 pounds of plastic bags and packaging.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
  • The Faroese often talk of the tradition behind the grindadrap and specifically the respect shown to the pilot whales.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 5 Aug. 2019
  • In July about 50 pilot whales beached themselves on the Georgia coast for unknown reasons.
    — CBS News, 30 Sep. 2019
  • More than 20 pilot whales died in a stranding that stretched from the Lower Keys to Highland Beach.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 5 Feb. 2018
  • About 26 total pilot whales were spotted in the area, George said, and crews were searching the nearby waters for signs of any more strandings.
    — Russ Bynum, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019
  • The last two of five pilot whales that beached themselves earlier this week off Florida’s Gulf coast have been released back into the sea.
    — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • While pilot whales live in kind of deep water and are deep diving species, killer whales tend to be more associated with coasts and shoreline and tend to stay closer to the surface.
    — Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The crews were hoping for a better outcome than from an unrelated stranding over the weekend in which all 145 pilot whales died.
    — Nick Perry, The Seattle Times, 28 Nov. 2018
  • The sick pilot whale was discovered in a canal near Thailand's border with Malaysia last week, Reuters reported.
    — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 4 June 2018
  • Ecologists are quick to rage at the Faroese, sharing film of the traditional and bloody slaughter of pilot whales, which are not endangered.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • There is no such quota for the pilot whales, according to Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
    — Andrea Sach, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2023

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