English words for 'The bowhead whale.'
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- The rorqual or finback whale.
- (US, southeastern US, informal) A feral pig.
- a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
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- A humpback whale.
- large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
- (derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
- A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
- (figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
- (by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
- A humpback salmon.
- an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
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- A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
- An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- (chiefly US, ufology) Synonym of grey alien.
- (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
- A gray wolf
- An achromatic colour between black and white.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- clothing that is a grey color
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
adj
- Relating to older people.
- Old.
- Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
- Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
- Gray-haired.
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- intermediate in character or position
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
verb
- (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
- (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
- (ergative) To turn gray.
- make grey
- turn grey
noun
- Ellipsis of killer whale.
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- One who or that which kills.
- (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- (sports, uncountable) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
- (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- A club used for killing fish.
- (philately) A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- (figuratively) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- the causal agent resulting in death
- a difficulty that is hard to deal with
- someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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- Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).
- Waste cotton.
- A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
- In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
- (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- a stroke of luck
- either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
- flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
- a barb on a harpoon or arrow
- parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
verb
noun
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
- slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
- A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
- Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
- A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
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- The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
- A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
- The fat of the hippopotamus.
- A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
- A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
- Fat; lard; fat meat.
- (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
- a very small spot
- a slight but appreciable amount
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
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- A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
- Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
- (cooking, fishing) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
- Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
- A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
- any market fish — edible saltwater fish or shellfish — except herring
- silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
- flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
verb
noun
- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
- an infantryman equipped with grenades
- (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- (military) A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
noun
- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
- A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.
- A fish, a California chimera (Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei).
- The flowering plant Stachytarpheta cayennensis.
- Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
- (slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.
- An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
- A type of file (cutting tool) with a round cross section and usually also a taper toward the distal end.
noun
- North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
- North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
- Any cetacean blackfish.
- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
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noun
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- The rorqual or finback whale.
- (US, southeastern US, informal) A feral pig.
- a mongrel hog with a thin body and long legs and a ridged back; a wild or semi-wild descendant of improved breeds; found chiefly in the southeastern United States
- any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
adj
noun
- A humpback whale.
- large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
- (derogatory, now offensive) A person with a humpback; a person who suffers from kyphosis.
- A humped back (deformity in humans caused by abnormal curvature of the upper spine).
- (figurative) A rounded topographical feature, such as a mountain or hill.
- (by extension) A hump or protuberance on the shoulders or back of an animal.
- A humpback salmon.
- an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column
- a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine
verb
noun
- A gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus.
- An animal or thing of grey colour, such as a horse, badger, or salmon.
- (chiefly US, ufology) Synonym of grey alien.
- (US, two-up) A penny with a tail on both sides, used for cheating.
- A gray wolf
- An achromatic colour between black and white.
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of absorbed dose of radiation (radiation absorbed by a patient); one joule of energy absorbed per kilogram of the patient's mass.
- horse of a light gray or whitish color
- a neutral achromatic color midway between white and black
- clothing that is a grey color
- the SI unit of energy absorbed from ionizing radiation; equal to the absorption of one joule of radiation energy by one kilogram of matter; one gray equals 100 rad
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey
adj
- Relating to older people.
- Old.
- Of a colour between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.
- Of indistinct, disputed or uncertain quality or acceptability.
- Dreary, gloomy, cloudy.
- Gray-haired.
- showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair
- intermediate in character or position
- used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms)
- of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black
verb
- (transitive, photography) To give a soft effect to (a photograph) by covering the negative while printing with a ground-glass plate.
- (demography, slang) To turn progressively older, alluding to graying of hair through aging (used in context of the population of a geographic region)
- (ergative) To turn gray.
- make grey
- turn grey
noun
- Ellipsis of killer whale.
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- One who or that which kills.
- (figuratively) Something that is so far ahead of its competition that it effectively kills off that competition.
- (sports, uncountable) A knockout form of darts or pool involving several players.
- Synonym of virama (“kind of diacritical mark”).
- (figuratively) That which causes stress or is extremely difficult, especially that which may cause failure at a task.
- A club used for killing fish.
- (philately) A particularly heavy type of handstamp, or portion of one, often obscuring a large part of the postage stamp.
- (figuratively) A remarkably impressive person or thing.
- the causal agent resulting in death
- a difficulty that is hard to deal with
- someone who causes the death of a person or animal
adj
noun
noun
noun
noun
- Either of the two lobes of a whale's or similar creature's tail.
- A trematode; a parasitic flatworm of the class Trematoda, related to tapeworms (class Cestoda).
- Waste cotton.
- A metal hook on the head of certain staff weapons (such as a bill), made in various forms depending on function, whether used for grappling or to penetrate armour when swung at an opponent.
- A summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)
- In general, a winglike formation on a central piece.
- (nautical) Any of the triangular blades at the end of an anchor, designed to catch the ground.
- A lucky or improbable occurrence that could probably never be repeated.
- a stroke of luck
- either of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean
- flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor
- a barb on a harpoon or arrow
- parasitic flatworms having external suckers for attaching to a host
verb
noun
- predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
- A killer whale (Orcinus orca).
- slaty-grey blunt-nosed dolphin common in northern seas
- A hellbender salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis.
- Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), with a blunt nose.
- A giant whip scorpion (Mastigoproctus giganteus)
noun
noun
noun
- The blubber of whales or other marine mammals.
- A small etheostomoid fish, Etheostoma stigmaeum, common in the eastern United States.
- The fat of the hippopotamus.
- A very small amount; a particle; a whit.
- A tiny spot or particle, especially of dirt.
- Fat; lard; fat meat.
- (uncountable) A juniper-flavoured ham originally from Tyrol.
- a very small spot
- a slight but appreciable amount
- (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything
verb
noun
noun
noun
noun
- A beluga (both the sturgeon and the whale).
- Any of several North American freshwater fish, of the genus Coregonus, used as food.
- (cooking, fishing) Any of several species of demersal fish with fins, particularly cod, whiting, and haddock, as opposed to the oily or pelagic fishes.
- Any of several other fish, such as whiting (Merlangius merlangus) or menhaden (Brevoortia spp. and Ethmidium spp.).
- A lesser queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)
- any market fish — edible saltwater fish or shellfish — except herring
- silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
- flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
verb
noun
- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
- an infantryman equipped with grenades
- (ornithology) Any of various African weaverbirds or waxbills, especially the common grenadier or the red bishop.
- (zoology) Any of various deep-sea fish of the family Macrouridae that have a large head and body and a long tapering tail; a rattail.
- (military) A type of soldier, originally one who threw grenades, later a member of a company formed from the tallest men of the regiment; now specifically, a member of the Grenadier Guards of Canada and the United Kingdom.
- (entomology) Either of two red and black libellulid dragonflies, Agrionoptera insignis and Lathrecista asiatica, of Asia and Australia.
noun
- deep-sea fish with a large head and body and long tapering tail
- A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.
- A fish, a California chimera (Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei).
- The flowering plant Stachytarpheta cayennensis.
- Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.
- (slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.
- An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.
- A type of file (cutting tool) with a round cross section and usually also a taper toward the distal end.
noun
- North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
- North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
- Any cetacean blackfish.
- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
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