Definitions for gray whale
gray whale

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1. grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustusnoun

   medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific

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1. gray whalenoun

   A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific

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1. Gray whale

   The gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), also known as the grey whale, gray back whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, or California gray whale, is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 meters (49 ft), a weight of up to 41 tonnes (90,000 lb) and lives between 55 and 70 years, although one female was estimated to be 75–80 years of age. The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting behavior when hunted. The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius. It was formerly thought to be the sole living genus in the family Eschrichtiidae, but more recent evidence classifies members of that family in the family Balaenopteridae. This mammal is descended from filter-feeding whales that appeared during the Neogene. The gray whale is distributed in an eastern North Pacific (North American), and an endangered western North Pacific (Asian), population. North Atlantic populations were extirpated (perhaps by whaling) on the European coast before 500 CE, and on the American coast around the late 17th to early 18th centuries. However, in the 2010s there have been a number of sightings of gray whales in the Mediterranean Sea and even off Southern hemisphere Atlantic coasts.

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1. Gray whale

   The gray whale is a baleen whale that migrates between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. It reaches a length of 14.9 m, a weight of 36 tonnes, and lives 50–70 years. The common name of the whale comes from the gray patches and white mottling on its dark skin. Gray whales were once called devil fish because of their fighting behavior when hunted. The gray whale is the sole living species in the genus Eschrichtius, which in turn is the sole living genus in the family Eschrichtiidae. This mammal descended from filter-feeding whales that developed at the beginning of the Oligocene, over 30 million years ago. The gray whale is distributed in an eastern North Pacific population and a critically endangered western North Pacific population. North Atlantic populations were extirpated on the European coast before 500 AD and on the American coast around the late 17th to early 18th centuries. However, on May 8, 2010, a sighting of a gray whale was confirmed off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea, leading some scientists to think they might be repopulating old breeding grounds that have not been used for centuries.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gray whale in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gray whale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=gray whale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gray_Whale
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Whale
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=gray whale