Spyhop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Spyhop is a noun meaning (of a cetacean or shark) The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
Meaning
(of a cetacean or shark) The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
More Meanings
- (intransitive, of a cetacean or shark) To raise the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
Example Sentences
Killer whales sometimes spyhop. To spyhop, they lift the front half of their body out of the water.
Our cook aboard Varua once had a memorable experience when a curious whale swam under the ship and surfaced next to the galley porthole in a spyhop.
In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water. On occasion a whale respires during a spyhop.
This is a very aerially active species, and killer whales often breach, spyhop, flipper-slap and fluke-slap; they often perform these behaviors in bouts.
Word Forms
- spyhops
- spy hop
- spy-hop
- spyhopping
- spyhopped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spy-hop, skipper, blowhole, spouthole, seadog, spiracle.
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