"Whales" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014907
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.189.865
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| Concept/Terms |
Dwarf Sperm Whale- Dwarf Sperm Whale
- Dwarf Sperm Whales
- Sperm Whale, Dwarf
- Sperm Whales, Dwarf
Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales- Giant Bottle-Nosed Whales
- Bottle-Nosed Whale, Giant
- Bottle-Nosed Whales, Giant
- Giant Bottle Nosed Whales
- Giant Bottle-Nosed Whale
- Berardius
Right Whale, Southern- Right Whale, Southern
- Right Whales, Southern
- Southern Right Whale
- Southern Right Whales
- Whale, Southern Right
- Whales, Southern Right
- Eubalaena australis
Narwhals- Narwhals
- Narwhal
- Monodon monoceros
Pygmy Right Whale- Pygmy Right Whale
- Pygmy Right Whales
- Right Whale, Pygmy
- Right Whales, Pygmy
- Caperea
Pygmy Sperm Whale- Pygmy Sperm Whale
- Pygmy Sperm Whales
- Sperm Whale, Pygmy
- Sperm Whales, Pygmy
Gray Whale- Gray Whale
- Gray Whales
- Eschrichtius robustus
- Grey Whale
- Grey Whales
- Whale, Grey
- Whales, Grey
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