gray whale

English

Alternative forms

• grey whale

Etymology

Disputed. Either from the whale’s coloration, or after British zoologist John Edward Gray, who first recognized it as a distinct genus in 1864.

Noun

gray whale (plural gray whales)

1. A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific

   Synonyms: grayback whale, grayback, California gray whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, desert whale, (all obsolete) scrag whale, ripsack, mussel digger, devilfish

Translations

Translations

• Galician: balea cincenta (gl) f
• German: Grauwal (de) m
• Inupiaq: aġviġluaq
• Polish: pływacz szary m, wal szary m
• Russian: се́рый кит m (séryj kit), калифорни́йский кит m (kaliforníjskij kit)

References

• gray whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eschrichtius robustus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Eschrichtius robustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons