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 Dana Point Headlands are a key navigational point in the migration of gray whales between Alaska and Baja California and the community is again celebrating this weekend being the whale-watching capital.
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Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
Barger will discuss the Eastern North Pacific gray whale, including its population, migration, calving, feeding, physical characteristics and other interesting facts.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Onlookers also got to see five gray whales, 300 other northern right whale dolphins, 20 Risso’s dolphins, five humpback whales and two bottlenose dolphins the same day, the group said on Facebook.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2025
The adventure, on which first Christopher and then Will tracked the migration of the Pacific gray whale, took them both from Mexico to an island near Siberia.
—Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 7 Mar. 2025
Barger will discuss the Eastern North Pacific gray whale, including its population, migration, calving, feeding, physical characteristics and other interesting facts.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2025
Onlookers also got to see five gray whales, 300 other northern right whale dolphins, 20 Risso’s dolphins, five humpback whales and two bottlenose dolphins the same day, the group said on Facebook.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 3 Mar. 2025
The adventure, on which first Christopher and then Will tracked the migration of the Pacific gray whale, took them both from Mexico to an island near Siberia.
—Lizzie Hyman, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Gray whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20whale. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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