| 单词 | walking whale |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswalking whale walking whale n. any of various extinct animals thought to form an intermediate between terrestrial mammals and modern whales, with the ability to walk; (now) esp. Ambulocetus natans, an amphibious quadruped of the Eocene epoch, known from fossil remains discovered in Pakistan. ΚΠ 1981 Daily Intelligencer (Doylestown, Pa.) 29 Jan. 6/4 Phillip D. Gingerich..found a skull and several teeth..and came to the conclusion they belonged to an ancient walking whale. 1994 New Scientist 22 Jan. 9/2 Palaeontologists from the US and Pakistan have discovered a 50-million-year-ol fossil whale with legs. Ambulocetus, the walking whale, had short, stocky hind legs and large feet. 2006 PLoS Computational Biol. (online journal, accessed 22 Apr. 2008) 2 1499/2 Paleontologists discovered more fossils of ancient walking whales. In 2001 Phil Gingerich..described a skeleton of the seal-like species Rodhocetus. < as lemmas |
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