poggyn.

Brit.

/ˈpɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˈpɑɡi/

Forms: 1800s poggie, 1800s– poggy.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare pogy n.

Now rare.

A small arctic whale, now identified with the Greenland right whale or bowhead, Balaena mysticetus.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead)

steeple-topc1440

Greenland whale1648

right whale1726

north-caper1731

nordcaper1762

mysticete1797

icebreaker1869

poggy1871

bowhead whale1883

bay whale1947

1871 Overland Monthly June 554/2 A difference of opinion exists as to whether the poggies..are calves, or whether they are not a ‘scrag’ species.

1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. i. v. 60 The whales of this sea [sc. the Sea of Okhotsk]..are the same species as those of the Arctic; although in the bays is found, in addition, a very small whale called the ‘Poggy’, which yields but little oil.

1998 D. W. Rice Marine Mammals of World 65 There was a long-standing controversy over the identity of certain whales called ‘ingotok’ by the Alaskan Eskimoes, and ‘poggy’ by 19th century American whalers, but these whales are simply small, fat bowheads, usually female.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poggy
释义	poggyn. Brit. /ˈpɒɡi/, U.S. /ˈpɑɡi/ Forms: 1800s poggie, 1800s– poggy. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare pogy n. Now rare. A small arctic whale, now identified with the Greenland right whale or bowhead, Balaena mysticetus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenidae (right whale) > genus Balaena (bowhead) steeple-topc1440 Greenland whale1648 right whale1726 north-caper1731 nordcaper1762 mysticete1797 icebreaker1869 poggy1871 bowhead whale1883 bay whale1947 1871 Overland Monthly June 554/2 A difference of opinion exists as to whether the poggies..are calves, or whether they are not a ‘scrag’ species. 1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. i. v. 60 The whales of this sea [sc. the Sea of Okhotsk]..are the same species as those of the Arctic; although in the bays is found, in addition, a very small whale called the ‘Poggy’, which yields but little oil. 1998 D. W. Rice Marine Mammals of World 65 There was a long-standing controversy over the identity of certain whales called ‘ingotok’ by the Alaskan Eskimoes, and ‘poggy’ by 19th century American whalers, but these whales are simply small, fat bowheads, usually female. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1871
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