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单词 Greenland right whale
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Definition of Greenland right whale in English:

Greenland right whale

(also Greenland whale)
noun
  • another term for bowhead
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bowheads, also known as Greenland right whales, are baleen whales, meaning that instead of teeth they have bonelike plates that they use to strain food from gulps of water.
    • As opposed to other species of baleen whale, the Greenland right whale lives in the Arctic its whole life.
    • In 2006, researchers from the the Norwegian Polar Institute and the University of Oslo searched for Greenland whales in the area between Greenland and Svalbard, and they counted only 20.
    • Bowhead whales used to be referred to as Greenland whales and sometimes even Greenland right whales.
    • As many as 20 people lived in these tiny houses, hunting Greenland whales and using their vertebrae to build the houses.
 
 

Definition of Greenland right whale in US English:

Greenland right whale

(also Greenland whale)
noun
  • another term for bowhead
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bowheads, also known as Greenland right whales, are baleen whales, meaning that instead of teeth they have bonelike plates that they use to strain food from gulps of water.
    • In 2006, researchers from the the Norwegian Polar Institute and the University of Oslo searched for Greenland whales in the area between Greenland and Svalbard, and they counted only 20.
    • Bowhead whales used to be referred to as Greenland whales and sometimes even Greenland right whales.
    • As many as 20 people lived in these tiny houses, hunting Greenland whales and using their vertebrae to build the houses.
    • As opposed to other species of baleen whale, the Greenland right whale lives in the Arctic its whole life.
 
 
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