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grey whale

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae

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grey whale - medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale

baleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

Eschrichtius, genus Eschrichtius - type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae

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