单词 | sei whale |
释义 | sei whale[ sey-hweyl, weyl ] / ˈseɪ ˌʰweɪl, ˌweɪl / nouna rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis, inhabiting all seas: now greatly reduced in number. Also called sei . Origin of sei whaleFirst recorded in 1915–20; from Norwegian seihval, equivalent to sei (Old Norse seithr ) “coalfish” + hval “whale”; see origin at whale1 Words nearby sei whaleseismometer, seismonasty, seismoscope, seitan, SEIU, sei whale, seize, seize on, seize up, seizing, seizure Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for sei whalesei whale / (seɪ) / nouna rorqual, Balaenoptera borealis Word Origin for sei whaleC20: from Norwegian seihval, from sei coalfish (see saithe) + hval whale: so called because it follows coalfish in search of food Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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