gray whale

== English == === Alternative forms === grey whale === Etymology === Disputed. Either from the whale’s coloration, or after British zoologist John Edward Gray, who first recognized it as a distinct genus in 1864. === Noun === gray whale (plural gray whales) A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific Synonyms: grayback whale, grayback, California gray whale, Pacific gray whale, Korean gray whale, desert whale, (all obsolete) scrag whale, ripsack, mussel digger, devilfish ==== Translations ==== === References === gray whale on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Eschrichtius robustus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Eschrichtius robustus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons