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whaleback
[ hweyl-bak, weyl- ]
noun
- Nautical.
- a cargo vessel having a hull with a convex deck.
- a deck or cover curving upward.
- something shaped like the back of a whale, as a rounded hill or an ocean wave.
whaleback
/ ˈ·É±ðɪ±ôËŒ²úæ°ì /
noun
- something shaped like the back of a whale
- a steamboat having a curved upper deck
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of whaleback1
Example Sentences
Another five were captured from the Harvey pack in Lassen County, including one that had been previously collared, and two were captured from the Whaleback pack in Siskiyou County.
The fewer than two dozen wolves currently believed to be living in Northern California include the Lassen pack, whose territory covers portions of Lassen and Plumas counties; the Beckworth pack in eastern Plumas County, and the Whaleback pack in eastern Siskiyou County.
The Lassen pack, located in Lassen and Plumas Counties, produced five pups, while the Whaleback pack, living in Siskiyou County, had at least six, according to a report published by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The SS Christopher Columbus, a 362-foot-long whaleback steamer, stopped in Bayfield twice in the 1890s, once with nearly 3,000 people on board.
OR-7 eventually returned to Oregon, but the wolf population has gradually increased in the last few years with the Lassen pack, first identified in 2017, and Whaleback pack, identified in 2020, along with the discovery of the Beckwourth pack last year.
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