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grayback    
n. 灰鲸;黑头鸦;南军的士兵

灰鲸;黑头鸦;南军的士兵

grayback
n 1: a dowitcher with a grey back [synonym: {greyback}, {grayback},
{Limnodromus griseus}]
2: a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the
southern hemisphere [synonym: {knot}, {greyback}, {grayback},
{Calidris canutus}]

Gray \Gray\ (gr[=a]), a. [Compar. {Grayer}; superl. {Grayest}.]
[OE. gray, grey, AS. gr[=ae]g, gr[=e]g; akin to D. graauw,
OHG. gr[=a]o, G. grau, Dan. graa, Sw. gr[*a], Icel. gr[=a]r.]
[Written also {grey}.]
1. any color of neutral hue between white and black; white
mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of
ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed
color; as, the soft gray eye of a dove.
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These gray and dun colors may be also produced by
mixing whites and blacks. --Sir I.
Newton.
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2. Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
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3. Old; mature; as, gray experience. -- Ames.
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4. gloomy; dismal.
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{Gray antimony} (Min.), stibnite.

{Gray buck} (Zool.), the chickara.

{Gray cobalt} (Min.), smaltite.

{Gray copper} (Min.), tetrahedrite.

{Gray duck} (Zool.), the gadwall; also applied to the female
mallard.

{Gray falcon} (Zool.) the peregrine falcon.

{Gray Friar}. See {Franciscan}, and {Friar}.

{Gray hen} (Zool.), the female of the blackcock or black
grouse. See {Heath grouse}.

{Gray mill} or {Gray millet} (Bot.), a name of several plants
of the genus {Lithospermum}; gromwell.

{Gray mullet} (Zool.) any one of the numerous species of the
genus {Mugil}, or family {Mugilid[ae]}, found both in the
Old World and America; as the European species
({Mugilid[ae] capito}, and {Mugilid[ae] auratus}), the
American striped mullet ({Mugilid[ae] albula}), and the
white or silver mullet ({Mugilid[ae] Braziliensis}). See
{Mullet}.

{Gray owl} (Zool.), the European tawny or brown owl ({Syrnium
aluco}). The great gray owl ({Ulula cinerea}) inhabits
arctic America.

{Gray parrot} (Zool.), an African parrot ({Psittacus
erithacus}), very commonly domesticated, and noted for its
aptness in learning to talk. Also called {jako}.

{Gray pike}. (Zool.) See {Sauger}.

{Gray snapper} (Zool.), a Florida fish; the sea lawyer. See
{Snapper}.

{Gray snipe} (Zool.), the dowitcher in winter plumage.

{Gray whale} (Zool.), a rather large and swift whale of the
northern Pacific ({Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly
{Rhachianectes glaucus}), having short jaws and no dorsal
fin. It grows to a length of 50 feet (someimes 60 feet).
It was formerly taken in large numbers in the bays of
California, and is now rare; -- called also {grayback},
{devilfish}, and {hardhead}. It lives up to 50 or 60 years
and adults weigh from 20 to 40 tons.
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Grayback \Gray"back`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The California gray whale.
(b) The redbreasted sandpiper or knot.
(c) The dowitcher.
(d) The body louse.
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Gray whale \Gray whale\ (Zool.),
a rather large and swift baleen whale of the northern Pacific
({Eschrichtius robustus}, formerly {Rhachianectes glaucus}),
having short jaws and no dorsal fin; -- called also
{grayback}, {devilfish}, and {hardhead}. It grows to a length
of 50 feet (sometimes 60 feet). It was formerly taken in
large numbers in the bays of California, and is now rare. It
lives up to 50 or 60 years and adults weigh from 20 to 40
tons.
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Redhead \Red"head`\ (-h?d`), n.
1. A person having red hair.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) An American duck ({Aythya Americana}) highly esteemed
as a game bird. It is closely allied to the
canvasback, but is smaller and its head brighter red.
Called also {red-headed duck}. {American poachard},
{grayback}, and {fall duck}. See Illust. under
{Poachard}.
(b) The red-headed woodpecker. See {Woodpecker}.
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3. (Bot.) A kind of milkweed ({Asclepias Curassavica}) with
red flowers. It is used in medicine.
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Dowitcher \Dow"itch*er\, n. (Zool.)
The red-breasted or gray snipe ({Macrorhamphus griseus}); --
called also {brownback}, and {grayback}.
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