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ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
Synonyms:
devilfish; Eschrichtius gibbosus; Eschrichtius robustus; gray whale; grey whale
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Eschrichtius gibbosus" is a kind of...):
baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)
Holonyms ("Eschrichtius gibbosus" is a member of...):
Eschrichtius; genus Eschrichtius (type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae)
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