bowhead whale

bowhead whale
noun Date: 1887 a baleen whale (Balaena mysticetus) of arctic and subarctic seas — called also bowhead

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Bowhead whale — Bowhead whale[1] Size comparison against an average human …   Wikipedia

  • Bowhead Whale — Taxobox name = Bowhead WhaleMSW3 Cetacea | id=14300005] status = LC status system = iucn3.1 status ref =IUCN2008|assessors=Reilly, S.B., Bannister, J.L., Best, P.B., Brown, M., Brownell Jr., R.L., Butterworth, D.S., Clapham, P.J., Cooke, J.,… …   Wikipedia

  • bowhead whale — noun large mouthed Arctic whale • Syn: ↑bowhead, ↑Greenland whale, ↑Balaena mysticetus • Hypernyms: ↑baleen whale, ↑whalebone whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Balaena, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • bowhead whale — noun A bowhead …   Wiktionary

  • bowhead whale — [ bəʊhɛd] noun a black Arctic right whale, feeding by skimming the surface for plankton. [Balaena mysticetus.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • Whale surfacing behaviour — Whales exhibit various types of behaviour when they surface. This article describes the different behaviours commonly observed at sea and the possible reasons for the behaviour.Breaching, lunging and porpoisingA breach or a lunge is a leap out of …   Wikipedia

  • Whale oil — is the oil obtained from the blubber of various species of whales, particularly the three species of Right Whale ( Eubalaena japonica , E. glacialis , and E. australis ) and the Bowhead Whale ( Balaena mysicetus ) prior to the modern era, as well …   Wikipedia

  • Whale — Whales are marine mammals which are neither dolphins (i.e. members of the families Delphinidae or Platanistoidae) nor porpoises. Orcas (Killer Whales) and Pilot whales have whale in their name, though they are dolphins for the purpose of… …   Wikipedia

  • bowhead — noun A large whale, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters. Syn: bowhead whale …   Wiktionary

  • bowhead — noun see bowhead whale …   New Collegiate Dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”