| 单词 | thrasher whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthrasher whale b. More fully thrasher whale. The killer whale, Orcinus orca. Cf. thresher n.1 2b. Now historical.In early use perhaps conflated or confused with sense 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Orcinus (killer whale) grampusa1529 orcc1590 herring-hoga1641 orca1653 springer1700 thrasher1709 killer whale1726 grampus-whale1744 thresher1787 sword-whale1860 1709 J. Lawson New Voy. Carolina 153 These Fish seldom come ashoar with their Tongues in their Heads, the Thrasher (which is the Whale's mortal Enemy, wheresoever he meets him) eating that out of his Head, as soon as he and the Sword-Fish have kill'd him. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer vi. 169 The following are..the various species of whales known to these people... The killer or thrasher, about thirty feet, they often kill the other whales. 1905 Daily Chron. 5 July 6/6 A thrasher whale, measuring 10ft., and weighing 2 cwt. 2007 C. Roberts Unnatural Hist. Sea xiii. 179 Killers were also known as thrashers, leading to another confusion. < as lemmas |
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