bow-headn.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊhɛd/, U.S.

/ˈboʊˌhɛd/

Etymology: < bow n.¹ + head n.¹

In full bow-head whale. The Arctic right whale, Balæna mysticetus.

ΚΠ

1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/2 A bow-head whale preparing to ‘sound’.

1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 523/2 The ‘bowhead’ of the Okhotsk Sea and Behring Strait.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 129 Hath he..Spoke on the ice with the Bow-head—followed the Sabre-tooth home?

1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/1 Nothing can possibly prevent the extermination of the bowhead whale..but the discovery of an adequate substitute for whalebone.

1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 371 The mammoth bowhead whale.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bow-head
释义	bow-headn. Brit. /ˈbəʊhɛd/, U.S. /ˈboʊˌhɛd/ Etymology: < bow n.¹ + head n.¹ In full bow-head whale. The Arctic right whale, Balæna mysticetus. ΚΠ 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Sept. 2/2 A bow-head whale preparing to ‘sound’. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 523/2 The ‘bowhead’ of the Okhotsk Sea and Behring Strait. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 129 Hath he..Spoke on the ice with the Bow-head—followed the Sabre-tooth home? 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/1 Nothing can possibly prevent the extermination of the bowhead whale..but the discovery of an adequate substitute for whalebone. 1938 Geogr. Jrnl. 92 371 The mammoth bowhead whale. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1887
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