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Andrews' beaked whale
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English
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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.
Noun
Andrews' beaked whale
A medium-sized beaked whale of the species Mesoplodon bowdoini species.
References
Mesoplodon bowdoini 1
Mesoplodon bowdoini 1