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gray whale

[ grey hweyl, weyl ]

noun

  1. a grayish-black baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): an endangered species.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of gray whale1

First recorded in 1830–35

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Example Sentences

The California gray whale—the devil-whale is what he really is—looks a lot worse to me than a killer.

Rachianectes, ra-ki-an-ek′tez, n. the gray whale of the North Pacific.

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