Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations

Click to move up the list of words
seedeater
seeder
seedhead
seedling
seedling blight
seedpod
seedsman
seedtime
seedy
seeing
seek
seek out
seel
seem
seeming
seemly
seen
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

sei whale

sei whale [ sáy hwàyl ] (plural sei whales)


noun 
Definition:
 
dark gray whale found in all seas: a dark bluish gray whale similar to the blue whale but smaller and more streamlined. It lives in all but the polar oceans and belongs to the rorqual family of whales. Latin name Balaenoptera borealis.

[Early 20th century. < Norwegian sejhval< sei "coalfish" + hval "whale"]
Advertisement

© 2009 Microsoft