| 释义 |
sei whale|seɪ weɪl|
Also sejhval; (erron.) seivhal.
[Anglicization of Norw. sejhval, f. sei coal-fish + hval whale n.]
A blue-grey rorqual, Balænoptera borealis.
1912Rep. Brit. Assoc. 158 The Right whales and Sejhvals are said to appear only during the earlier part of the season. 1916R. S. Andrews in Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. I. 295 The vernacular term Sei Whale (Sejvhal), adopted in this memoir, is the name by which Balænoptera borealis is known to the Norwegians. 1919R. W. Clark in E. Shackleton South I. 364 The sperm-whale and the sei-whale have shown a good deal of seasonal variation. 1923Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 112/1 The lesser rorqual, the seivhal, and the humpback, another whalebone whale, take some small fish. 1939Nature 16 Dec. 999/2 (caption) Species..Sei, Right, Sperm. 1958Times 12 Nov. 11/6 A unit is defined as equalling one blue whale..or six sei whales. 1974Country Life 11 Apr. 866/1 With the cessation of whaling in the Faeroes and Norway the numbers of fin and sei whales in those areas..will..increase. |