sul|phur-bot|tom

sul|phur-bot|tom
sul|phur-bot|tom «SUHL fuhr BOT uhm», noun.
a whale-bone whale, sometis growing to over 100 feet in length, the largest of all known living creatures, blue-gray with yellowish underparts; blue whale. It lives in the Antarctic and northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Also, sulfur-bottom.

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  • S borealis — Sulphur bottom Sul phur bot tom, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus {Sibbaldius}, having a yellowish belly; especially, {S. sulfureus} of the North Pacific, and {S. borealis} of the North Atlantic; called also {sulphur whale} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • S sulfureus — Sulphur bottom Sul phur bot tom, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus {Sibbaldius}, having a yellowish belly; especially, {S. sulfureus} of the North Pacific, and {S. borealis} of the North Atlantic; called also {sulphur whale} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • sulphur whale — Sulphur bottom Sul phur bot tom, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus {Sibbaldius}, having a yellowish belly; especially, {S. sulfureus} of the North Pacific, and {S. borealis} of the North Atlantic; called also {sulphur whale} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sulphur-bottom — Sul phur bot tom, n. (Zo[ o]l.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus {Sibbaldius}, having a yellowish belly; especially, {S. sulfureus} of the North Pacific, and {S. borealis} of the North Atlantic; called also {sulphur whale}. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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