The melon is an ovoid-shaped, fatty organ found in the forehead of all toothed whales (odontocetes), including dolphins and porpoises (Cranford et al., 1996; Harper, C. J., et al., 2008) and believed to be used in echolocation. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_(whale) ]
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- echolocation organ
- part of some head
- capable of part of some echolocation
- in taxon some Cetacea
- has part some core of melon organ
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