Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sulphur-bellied whale of the Pacific, a rorqual, Balænoptera (or Sibbaldius) sulphurea. Also
sulphur-whale .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially,
S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, andS. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called alsosulphur whale .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
sulfur-bottom .
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Examples
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The sulphur-bottom whale (_B. sulfureus_) is known by its yellowish belly, and with Sibbald's whale
Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon Robert Armitage Sterndale 1870
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The sulphur-bottom, river St. Lawrence, ninety foot long; they are but seldom killed, as being extremely swift.
Letters from an American Farmer J. Hector St. John de Cr��vecoeur 1774
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Now you take the sulphur-bottom whale, "Vexley hastily launched off again.
King Rat Clavell, James, 1924- 1962
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