| 单词 | razorback whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrazorback whale a. The fin whale or common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus. More fully razorback whale. Now rare. 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 1815 W. Scoresby in Ann. Philos. 6 314 The balæna physalis, or razor-back of the whale-fishers, is often seen apparently of the length of a ship. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 278 The other [whale]..mentioned by Sibbald..was probably a Razor-back. 1836 Uncle Philip's Conversat. Whale Fishery 34 The ‘Razor-back whale’..is longer and stronger and swifter than any other sort. 1880 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 2 598 The finner, razor-back, or rorqual..is also common, Captain Foyn, of Vadsö, having captured no less than eighty-one during the summer of last year. 1940 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 34 110 ‘Fin whale’ means any whale known by the name of common finback,..herring whale, razorback, or true fin whale. 1951 Winnipeg (Manitoba) Free Press 10 Dec. 21/8 The razor-back whale is found in all seas except the extreme areas of the Arctic and Antarctic. 1999 Q. Rev. Biol. 74 422/2 Spencer countered with the rudimentary femur of the razor-back whale, a case that could only be explained, he argued, by disuse and transmission. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。