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Noun: gray whale  grey weyl
Usage: US (elsewhere: grey whale)
  1. Medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
    "Gray whales migrate annually between Alaska and Mexico";
    - grey whale [Brit, Cdn], devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus

Derived forms: gray whales

Type of: baleen whale, whalebone whale

Part of: Eschrichtius, genus Eschrichtius

Encyclopedia: Gray whale