sei whalen.

/seɪ weɪl/

Forms: Also sejhval; (irregular) seivhal.

Etymology: Anglicization of Norwegian sejhval, < sei coal-fish + hval whale n.

A blue-grey rorqual, Balænoptera borealis.

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sei whale1912

1912 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 158 The Right whales and Sejhvals are said to appear only during the earlier part of the season.

1914 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 146 The only Sejhval which was captured was brought in on September 6, a fact which is to be noted in connection with the whalers' statement to Burfield, that the Sejhval disappears by the end of June.

1916 R. S. Andrews in Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. I. 295 The vernacular term Sei Whale (Sejvhal), adopted in this memoir, is the name by which Balænoptera borealis is known to the Norwegians.

1919 R. W. Clark in E. Shackleton South I. 364 The sperm-whale and the sei-whale have shown a good deal of seasonal variation.

1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 112/1 The lesser rorqual, the seivhal, and the humpback, another whalebone whale, take some small fish.

1939 Nature 16 Dec. 999/2 (caption) Species..Sei, Right, Sperm.

1958 Times 12 Nov. 11/6 A unit is defined as equalling one blue whale..or six sei whales.

1974 Country Life 11 Apr. 866/1 With the cessation of whaling in the Faeroes and Norway the numbers of fin and sei whales in those areas..will..increase.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	sei whale
释义	sei whalen. /seɪ weɪl/ Forms: Also sejhval; (irregular) seivhal. Etymology: Anglicization of Norwegian sejhval, < sei coal-fish + hval whale n. A blue-grey rorqual, Balænoptera borealis. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1912 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 158 The Right whales and Sejhvals are said to appear only during the earlier part of the season. 1914 Rep. Brit. Assoc. 146 The only Sejhval which was captured was brought in on September 6, a fact which is to be noted in connection with the whalers' statement to Burfield, that the Sejhval disappears by the end of June. 1916 R. S. Andrews in Mem. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. I. 295 The vernacular term Sei Whale (Sejvhal), adopted in this memoir, is the name by which Balænoptera borealis is known to the Norwegians. 1919 R. W. Clark in E. Shackleton South I. 364 The sperm-whale and the sei-whale have shown a good deal of seasonal variation. 1923 Chambers's Jrnl. Jan. 112/1 The lesser rorqual, the seivhal, and the humpback, another whalebone whale, take some small fish. 1939 Nature 16 Dec. 999/2 (caption) Species..Sei, Right, Sperm. 1958 Times 12 Nov. 11/6 A unit is defined as equalling one blue whale..or six sei whales. 1974 Country Life 11 Apr. 866/1 With the cessation of whaling in the Faeroes and Norway the numbers of fin and sei whales in those areas..will..increase. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1912
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