gray whale

/greɪ weɪl/
/greɪ hweɪl/
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Definitions of gray whale
  1. noun
    medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
    synonyms: Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, devilfish, grey whale
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    type of:
    baleen whale, whalebone whale
    whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
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