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noun
A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: grayback whale, grayback, California gray whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, desert whale, scrag whale, ripsack, mussel digger, devilfish
Antonyms: none provided
noun
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grey whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: baleen whale, whalebone whale
History
Disputed. Either from the whale’s coloration, or after British zoologist John Edward Gray, who first recognized it as a distinct genus in 1864.
Across languages
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