# gray whale

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A baleen whale, Eschrichtius robustus, from the north Pacific

## 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.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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