rocknoser
now historical
noun
A North Atlantic right whale, Balaena glacialis, or a bowhead whale, B. mysticetus, that swims in shallow waters close to the shore.
- This behaviour is said to be characteristic of smaller mature whales migrating southwards along the east coast of Baffin Island in the late summer..
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.
- uneconomical
- uneconomically
- unedifying
- unedifyingly
- unedited
- uneducable
- uneducated
- unelaborated
- unelectable
- unelected
- unembarrassed
- unembellished
- unembodied
- unemotional
- unemotionally
- unemphatic
- unemphatically
- unemployability
- unemployable
- unemployed
- unemployment
- unemployment benefit
- unemployment compensation
- unenclosed
- unencrypted