kogian.
/ˈkəʊdʒɪə/ A genus of pygmy sperm-whales.
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kogia1898
1898 F. T. Bullen Cruise ‘Cachalot’ x. 127 It was but a school of kogia, or ‘short-headed’ cachalots.
1900 Daily News 22 Mar. 6/3 One of the whales, known as the Kogia, is peculiar from the inferior position of its mouth. This gives to the creature,..a curiously shark-like aspect.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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