grey whale
Noun
Meaning
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
Source: WordNetSynonyms
devilfish
gray whale
Eschrichtius gibbosus
Eschrichtius robustus
mussel digger
scrag whale
california gray whale
gray back whale
grey whales
gray whales
white giant
elderly whale
pacific gray whale
Hypernyms
Examples
After a baby grey whale was beached on the Point Richmond shore in May 2007, its rotting corpse became bothersome to neighbors.
The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, Britannica Micro.: v. IV, p. 693. gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, or California gray whale Walker mam.