vaquitaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /vəˈkiːtə/
• 韻: -iːtə
• ハイフネーション: va‧qui‧ta

名詞

vaquita (plural vaquitas)

1. A critically endangered porpoise, the smallest of its kind, Phocoena sinus, endemic to the northern part of the Gulf of California, Mexico.
   • 2015 November 5, “Whale of a deal”, in New Scientist‎, number 3098, page 6:

     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.

同意語

• (Phocoena sinus): cochito, desert porpoise, Gulf of California harbor porpoise, Gulf of California porpoise, gulf porpoise, vaquita marina, vaquita porpoise

参考

• sea cow
• porpoise
• blue whale

アナグラム

• aquavit