单词 | jubartes |
释义 | † jubartesn. Obsolete. A name given in 17–18th centuries to species of Rorqual, Fin-whale, or Finner, esp. that found near the coast of New England. (Sometimes applied erroneously, e.g. in quot. 1701 to the Cachalot.)It figures in various works on Natural History, from Klein 1740 to Cuvier 1836, as Balænoptera jubartes, Baleinoptère Jubarte, Rorqual Jubarte, but the name has disappeared from more recent works. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1616 J. Smith Descr. New Eng. 1 We saw many [whales]..a kinde of Iubartes, and not the Whale that yeeldes Finnes and Oyle as wee expected. a1641 J. Smyth Berkeley MSS (1885) III. 319 The Sturgeon, Porpoise, Thornpole, Jubertas or a yonge whale. 1663 Charter of Rhode Isl. (in U.S. Fisheries 1884 Sect. i. 28) Itt shall bee laweful for them, or any of them, having struck whale, dubertus, or other greate ffish, itt or them to pursue unto any parte of that coaste. 1682 J. Collins Salt & Fishery 83 The Dutch..have the Priviledge to Fish..for Grampusses, and Dubartas, which is a bastard kind of Whale. 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 160 Saw many Sea Fowles..with many Jubartesses. 1701 C. Wooley Two Years Jrnl. N.-Y. 44 A Dubartus is a Fish of the shape of a Whale, which have teeth where the Whale has Bone. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1616 |
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