gray whale

A baleen whale (Eschrichtius robustus) of northern Pacific coastal waters, having grayish-black coloring with white blotches and lacking a dorsal fin.

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a grayish black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the N Pacific, growing to a length of 50 ft. (15.2 m).

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

devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, grey 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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U.S. biologists probe deaths of 70 emaciated gray whales

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