Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

andrews' beaked whale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.28 in modern English

Syllables: an-drews' beaked whale
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A medium-sized beaked whale of the species Mesoplodon bowdoini.

Etymology

Named after American scientist Roy Chapman Andrews who first described this species in 1908 from a specimen collected at New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand, in 1904.

Inflected Forms

Andrews' beaked whales (plural)

Questions

What does andrews' beaked whale mean?: A medium-sized beaked whale of the species Mesoplodon bowdoini.
Where does andrews' beaked whale come from?: Named after American scientist Roy Chapman Andrews who first described this species in 1908 from a specimen collected at New Brighton Beach, Canterbury Province, New Zealand, in 1904.

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