English Explanatory Dictionary

baiji

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A freshwater dolphin (†Lipotes vexillifer), only found in the Yangtze River, and declared functionally extinct in 2006.
noun
  1. Alternative form of bai ji.
name
  1. A city and district in Saladin governorate, northern Iraq.

Pronunciation

/ˈbaɪd͡ʒi/ En-us-baiji.ogg

Word forms

baiji baijis

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白鱀豚 /白𬶨豚 (báijìtún).

Synonyms

Chinese river dolphin Chinese white dolphin whitefin dolphin Yangtze dolphin Yangtze River dolphin
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