vaquita

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
    — THE world’s smallest porpoise may have a fighting chance. The vaquita might be saved from extinction by an agreement at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Portoroz, Slovenia, last week. Unique to the Gulf of California, the vaquita has seen its numbers collapse to 59 in 2015.

词形变化

vaquitas plural

词源

From Spanish vaquita (“little cow”), diminutive of vaca (“cow”).
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