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 event was founded as a tribute to the thousands of gray whales that pass through the region each year during their annual migration between Alaska and lagoons in southern Baja California.
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Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, the Ford House Visitor Center & Museum in Mendocino will hold a gray whale symposium with tips on how to spot these creatures, with binoculars provided (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
From February to April, catch a glimpse of the California gray whale migration, an unforgettable sight along the Central Coast’s shores.
—Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
The gray whales of the Pacific Coast Feeding Group have been getting shorter over the past quarter century.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Feb. 2025
On Sunday, the Ford House Visitor Center & Museum in Mendocino will hold a gray whale symposium with tips on how to spot these creatures, with binoculars provided (10 a.m.-2 p.m.).
—John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2025
From February to April, catch a glimpse of the California gray whale migration, an unforgettable sight along the Central Coast’s shores.
—Allison Palmer, Sacramento Bee, 5 Feb. 2025
The gray whales of the Pacific Coast Feeding Group have been getting shorter over the past quarter century.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 Sep. 2024
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“Gray whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20whale. Accessed 8 Mar. 2025.
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