ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eschrichtius gibbosus mean? 

• ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS (noun)
  The noun ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

  Familiarity information: ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ESCHRICHTIUS GIBBOSUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

devilfish; Eschrichtius gibbosus; Eschrichtius robustus; gray whale; grey whale

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)