| 释义 |
Risso|ˈrɪsəʊ|
The name of Giovanni Antonio Risso (1777–1845), Italian naturalist, used in the possessive in Risso's dolphin to designate the grampus, Grampus griseus, first described as Delphinus rissoanus by A. G. Desmarest in 1822 (Mammalogie ii. 579).
1871Proc. Zool. Soc. 506 Prof. Flower, F.R.S., read a paper on the so-called Risso's Dolphin. 1924[see caa'ing whale]. 1927Daily Express 5 Sept. 2/5 Pelorus Jack, the famous white Risso's dolphin, which for years has piloted ships into Wellington Harbour, New Zealand,..is missing. 1960G. Maxwell Ring of Bright Water v. 62 Contrary to information contained in the majority of text-books, in which Risso's dolphin is described as a rarity, it is in fact the commonest of all the lesser whales to visit the Hebrides in summer. 1971M. & R. Moffett Dolphins 18 The grampus, or Risso's dolphin, lives far out at sea. |