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单词 pilot whale
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pilot whale
pilot whale n. either of two whales of the genus Globicephala (family Delphinidae), characterized by black skin and a square bulbous head; (a) the long-finned G. melas, of cold-temperate waters of the Atlantic and Southern Oceans; (b) the short-finned G. macrorhynchus, of mainly tropical and warm-temperate waters.
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1867 Athenæum 21 Sept. 373/1 The pilot whale, Globiocephalus Svinevaly.
1921 J. T. Jenkins Hist. Whale Fisheries viii. 268 A third whale fishery practised in northern waters..was that for the Grindhval or Pilot Whale.
1989 Skin Diver May 129/1 Visiting divers have bumped into docile giants such as humpback and pilot whales.
2002 Environmental Health Perspectives 110 895 In the Faroe Islands.., the traditional diet includes pilot whale meat.
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