| 单词 | Greenland whale |
| 例句 | Its yield of oil is said to be less than that of the Greenland whale but it is of a finer quality. Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. 2011-11-12T03:00:32.773Z Its former extensive trade with the West Indies has lately suffered owing to the enormous development of the North Sea ports, but it is still largely engaged in the Greenland whale and the oyster fisheries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z Contrary to the usual habits of the Greenland whale, this individual, instead of occasionally seeking the depths of ocean for its protection, especially on receiving a fresh and painful wound, remained mainly at the surface. Memorials of the Sea My Father: Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby 2011-02-07T03:00:26.033Z Greenland whale, Arctic right whale, great polar whale. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification Jessie S.—The great Greenland whale which is found in the Northern Ocean has a throat so small that it can not swallow anything larger than a herring. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly One frigate would be sufficient to destroy the whole of the Greenland whale fishery, or take the Hudson Bay ships returning. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I Of late years a single large Greenland whale would bring £900 for its whalebone and £300 for its oil. More Science From an Easy Chair A Greenland whale once took fifteen harpoons, drew out six miles of line, and carried down a boat with all hands drowned before it was killed. All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways Two of these, the bowhead or Greenland whale, and its more widely distributed close relative the right whale, are baleen whales. Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification The sperm whale we had taken is very different to the Greenland whale of the North. Taking Tales Instructive and Entertaining Reading The British commerce in Europe, especially in the north, is unguarded, the Greenland whale fishery and the Hudson Bay ships in particular. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I They are huge creatures, 60 ft. in length, with an enormous head: it is as much as one third of the total length in the Greenland whale. More Science From an Easy Chair The remarks I have made apply in common to the two chief sorts of whales, but the Greenland whale is a very different animal from the sperm whale, of which we were in search. Old Jack The captain ordered the harpoons and lances to be in readiness in case we fell in with the great Greenland whale, but nothing was seen of this monster of the deep. The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. How, then, came the Greenland whales to pass from the Greenland seas to the Pacific? The Ocean and its Wonders But there is another creature, and a much bigger one than any Eskimo, bigger even than Chingatok, who bears his testimony to an open Polar sea, namely, the Greenland whale. The Giant of the North Pokings Round the Pole It was exterminated by them in the Bay of Biscay, and only saved from complete extinction elsewhere by the discovery of the more valuable Arctic or Greenland whale. More Science From an Easy Chair The Greenland whale is less in size than the sperm—its length being about 60 feet. Old Jack A large Greenland whale was playing about the big ship, apparently under the impression that she was a giant of his own species, and it had passed perilously close to the cable. The Battery and the Boiler Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables The Greenland whale, on the other hand, which is the one most sought after for its oil, has no teeth, but abundance of whalebone, which hangs from the sides of its upper jaw. Chatterbox, 1905. It hesitates not to attack the largest sperm and Greenland whales, and the smaller whales, porpoises and seals will spring out of water and strand themselves on shore in terror at its approach. Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon The capture of the Greenland whale began in 1612; and in 200 years the unceasing pursuit of this species had driven it to the remote places of the Arctic Ocean. More Science From an Easy Chair In another respect, the sperm is very different from the Greenland whale. Old Jack A gull darted along the water, and in the far distance I heard the bellow of the huge Greenland whale. Tales of the Chesapeake It is the Greenland whale you have hunted up to this time, and that would not risk passing through the warm waters of the equator. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea Then, this same humpbacked whale and the Greenland whale, each of these has baleen; but there again the similitude ceases. Moby Dick, or, the whale This is Charing Cross; hear ye! good people all,—the Greenland whale is deposed,— the great sperm whale now reigneth! Moby Dick: or, the White Whale The Greenland whale is one of the most wonderful animals in the world, and the baleen, or whalebone, one of its greatest peculiarities. The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition The Greenland whale fishery has been so popularized that most people know something about it; the sperm whale fishery still awaits its Scoresby and a like train of imitators and borrowers. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Then this same humpbacked whale and the Greenland whale, each of these has baleen; but there again the similitude ceases. Moby Dick: or, the White Whale This is Charing Cross; hear ye! good people all,—the Greenland whale is deposed,—the great sperm whale now reigneth! Moby Dick, or, the whale |
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