单词 | baleen whale |
释义 | > as lemmasbaleen whale baleen whale n. a whalebone whale; any member of the order Mysticeti; also elliptical. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > member of whale-mouse1607 skull-fish1668 whale's guide1668 bonefish1734 mysticete1797 baleen whale1874 mystacocete1883 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. vi. 66 This great northern baleen whale, in its principal proportions, resembles the Balœna mysticetus. 1878 Cassell's Nat. Hist. II. 257 Scammon says that three or four [killer-whales] do not hesitate to grapple with the largest Baleen Whales. 1958 Times 12 Nov. 11/6 There are two kinds of whale caught, the baleen and the sperm. < as lemmas |
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