单词 | white-beaked dolphin |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite-beaked dolphin white-beaked dolphin n. †(a) the southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii (obsolete rare); (b) the dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris, which has a short white beak and is confined to the North Atlantic. ΚΠ 1840 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom 147 To the restricted Delphinapterus—belongs..The White-beaked Dolphin [Fr. dauphin à museau blanc] of Peron (D. leucoramphus, Per.). 1903 H. Johnston Brit. Mammals iii. 31 The adult white-beaked dolphin is from 8 ft. to 9 ft. long. 2009 C. C. Kinze in W. F. Perrin et al. Encycl. Marine Mammals (ed. 2) 1255/1 The white-beaked dolphin was among the last of the commonly occurring North Atlantic dolphin species to enter the cetological theater. < as lemmas |
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