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Anonymous
>>317928 Orcinus orca, as well as the rest of the dolphins in the Delphinidae, aka 'oceanic dolphin' (which contains pilot whales and melon-headed whales) family fall into the suborder Odontoceti. The common name for Odontoceti is 'TOOTHED WHALES'. So all porpoises and dolphins are by default whales.
The terms 'whale' and 'dolphin' don't represent any real taxonomic classification so there's no sense getting all anal over it.
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