巨齿槌鲸

巨齒槌鯨
jùchǐchuíjīng
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Livyatan melvillei (giant extinct sperm whale)

Examples

Jùchǐchuíjīng shì yǐ mièjué de jùxíng mǒxiāngjīng, tǐcháng kě dá 17 mǐ.
Livyatan melvillei was a giant extinct sperm whale reaching up to 17 meters in length.
Gǔshēngwùxuéjiā zài Bìlǔ fāxiàn le jùchǐchuíjīng de lúgǔ huàshí.
Paleontologists discovered a skull fossil of Livyatan melvillei in Peru.

Tips

culture
Discovered in 2008 and described in 2010, Livyatan was named after the biblical Leviathan and Moby-Dick author Herman Melville. With teeth up to 36 cm, it was an apex predator of Miocene seas, likely hunting other whales.

Stroke Order

齿 chǐ
chuí
jīng