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baiji¹
- /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/
Where it comes from
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚 /白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).
noun baijis · baiji
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A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.
In 2006, he made a research trip to China to look for the baiji, also known as the Yangtze River dolphin. He and his colleagues searched the legendary river’s entire 1,700-kilometer main channel, twice. They counted nearly 20,000 large shipping vessels and more than a thousand fishing boats, but no
Similar: Chinese river dolphin, Chinese white dolphin, whitefin dolphin, Yangtze dolphin, Yangtze River dolphin
baiji²
- /ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/
Where it comes from
From Mandarin 白芨 (báijī).
noun
- Alternative form of bai ji
Baiji³
Where it comes from
From Arabic بَيْجِي (bayjī).
proper noun
- A city and district in Saladin governorate, northern Iraq.
Translations
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noun freshwater dolphin
| Español | baiji, delfín chino de río |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 양쯔강돌고래 yangjjeugangdolgorae |
| 日本語 | ヨウスコウカワイルカ yōsukōkawairuka |
| 中文 | 白鱀豚 /白𬶨豚 báijìtún, 白鰭豚 /白鳍豚 báiqítún |
| Português | golfinho-lacustre-chinês |
| Français | baiji, dauphin de Chine, dauphin du Yangzi |
| Deutsch | Baiji, Chinesische Flussdelfin |
| Italiano | lipote |
| Română | delfinul chinezesc |
| Русский | байцзи́ bajczí |
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