| 单词 | bottlenose whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottlenose whale bottlenose whale n. (originally) any of various cetaceans with a distinctive beak or rostrum, including the bottlenose dolphins and the minke whale; (now usually) spec. any of several medium-sized toothed whales of the family Ziphiidae (beaked whales), esp. Hyperoodon ampullatus of the North Atlantic and H. planifrons of the Southern Ocean.In quot. 1787: a dolphin. ΚΠ 1787 J. Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 373 Of the Delphinus Delphis, or Bottle-nose Whale. 1807 E. Home in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 97 97 The bottle-nose porpoise and large bottle-nose whale. 1896 Geogr. Jrnl. 7 626 Several finners, a bottlenose whale, several seals, and penguins were seen. 1999 Nature Canada Autumn 23/2 Once hunted by men with harpoons, the northern bottlenose whales of Nova Scotia's Sable Gully are now being stalked by scientists. < as lemmas |
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