| 单词 | thresher whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthresher whale 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 1787 in P. G. King Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1893) II. 534 As ye whale swims along, the thresher watches when the whale is going to spout. At that time he throws himself out of the water, and falls with the greatest force on the whale's head or shoulder. 1890 J. Ashton Curious Creatures Zool. 239 The Orca is probably the Thresher whale. 1909 W. T. Grenfell Labrador xiv. 356 The thresher, or killer whale (Orca gladiator),..is the fiercest of all our sea animals, and is a perfect buccaneer and pirate. < as lemmas |
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