单词 | caing-whale |
释义 | ca'ing-whalen. Scottish. The round-headed porpoise, which frequents the shores of Orkney, the Faroe Isles, and Iceland. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Odontoceti > [noun] > family Delphinidae > genus Globicephala (pilot-whale) social whale1842 pothead1863 ca'ing-whalec1865 pilot whale1867 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). < n.c1865 |
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