| 单词 | grey whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey whale grey whale n. a medium-sized, migratory baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, now chiefly of the North Pacific, with grey patches on its dark skin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > genus Eschrichtius (grey whale) grey whale1834 grey1849 hardhead1860 rip-sack1860 greyback1869 1834 R. M. Martin Hist. Brit. Colonies II. iv. 328/1 The gray whale is longer than the above mentioned [sc. the true Greenland balænæ]. 1861 Harper's Mag. Oct. 595/2 These must be the California or gray whales, so abundant on this coast. 1955 Sci. Amer. Jan. 67/1 Some cetologists believe that the gray whale survived along our Atlantic seaboard until historic times. 2007 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Oct. d8/1 Gray whales were blowing on the horizon. < as lemmas |
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