gray whale
noun
: a large baleen whale (Eschrichtius robustus) of the northern Pacific having short jaws and no dorsal fin
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The fourth dead gray whale was privately towed on April 22 to Angel Island State Park, where a necropsy will be performed, Nulli said.
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The whale marks the fourth gray whale to wash up in San Francisco Bay this year.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
The journey ends with a bucket-list experience: seeing (and possibly petting) the friendly gray whales of Guerrero Negro.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
An Unusual Mortality Event involving gray whales was declared in 2019, after ecosystem changes in the whale’s feeding areas caused hundreds of deaths along the Pacific Coast, the release said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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Terry Collins, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
The whale marks the fourth gray whale to wash up in San Francisco Bay this year.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Apr. 2025
The journey ends with a bucket-list experience: seeing (and possibly petting) the friendly gray whales of Guerrero Negro.
—Kaila Yu, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
An Unusual Mortality Event involving gray whales was declared in 2019, after ecosystem changes in the whale’s feeding areas caused hundreds of deaths along the Pacific Coast, the release said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Gray whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20whale. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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