瓶鼻鲸

瓶鼻鯨

píngbíjīng

noun

Measure Word

一头瓶鼻鲸 tóu

Meanings

1 bottlenose whale
2 Hyperoodon (genus of beaked whales)

Characters

Examples

瓶鼻鲸可以潜到两千米深的海底觅食。

Píngbíjīng kěyǐ qián dào liǎngqiān mǐ shēn de hǎidǐ mìshí.

Bottlenose whales can dive to two thousand metres deep to feed.

北大西洋瓶鼻鲸曾因鲸油而遭到大量捕杀。

Běidà xīyáng píngbíjīng céng yīn jīng yóu ér zāodào dàliàng bǔshā.

The northern bottlenose whale was once hunted in huge numbers for its oil.

Tips

usage

Don't confuse 瓶鼻鲸 (bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon — a large beaked whale) with 瓶鼻海豚 (bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops — the Flipper one). Both have bulbous bottle-shaped snouts, hence the shared name.

Stroke Order

瓶 píng

鼻 bí

鲸 jīng