gray whale
noun
: a large baleen whale (Eschrichtius robustus) of the northern Pacific having short jaws and no dorsal fin
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And gray whales can travel 14,000 miles round trip between Russian feeding grounds and breeding grounds in Baja California.
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
There, at an exceptionally shallow 115 feet, lay the body of a baby gray whale.
—Sruthi Gurudev Jules Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many gray whales continue to show signs of starvation and malnourishment, likely linked to the impacts of climate change on their prey in Arctic feeding grounds.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In recent weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 21 May 2025
There, at an exceptionally shallow 115 feet, lay the body of a baby gray whale.
—Sruthi Gurudev Jules Jacobs, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many gray whales continue to show signs of starvation and malnourishment, likely linked to the impacts of climate change on their prey in Arctic feeding grounds.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
In recent weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay.
—Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Gray whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20whale. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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