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单词 caing-whale
释义

ca'ing-whalen.

Brit. /ˈkɑːɪŋweɪl/, /ˈkɑːɪŋhweɪl/, U.S. /ˈkɑɪŋˌ(h)weɪl/, Scottish English /ˈkaɪŋhwel/
Forms: Also caa'ing whale.
Etymology: Ca'ing (calling : see call n.) = driving like a herd or flock.
Scottish.
The round-headed porpoise, which frequents the shores of Orkney, the Faroe Isles, and Iceland.
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c1865 H. Letheby in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 103/1 The round-headed porpoise, or ca'ing whale (Phocæna melas).
1879 Daily News 23 Aug. 6/2 Upwards of a hundred whales—the ca'ing whale (delphinus deductor)—were driven ashore in Shetland.
1924 S. F. Harmer in Nature 12 Apr. 532/1 Among the true dolphins (Delphinidae) the caa'ing whale (Globicephala melaena) and Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus)..are known to subsist, partly at least, on cuttlefish.
1959 A. Hardy Fish & Fisheries xv. 287 Yet another northern species..is the pilot whale, blackfish or caa'ing whale.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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