瓶鼻鲸

瓶鼻鯨
píngbíjīng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 bottlenose whale
  2. 2 Hyperoodon (genus of beaked whales)

Examples

Píngbíjīng kěyǐ qián dào liǎng qiān mǐ shēn de hǎidǐ mìshí.
Bottlenose whales can dive to two thousand metres deep to feed.
Běi Dàxīyáng píngbíjīng céng yīn jīngyóu 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 海豚 (bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops — the Flipper one). Both have bulbous bottle-shaped snouts, hence the shared name.

Stroke Order

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