Sulphur-bottom

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sulphur-bottom \Sul`phur-bot"tom\, n. (Zool.)
     A very large whalebone whale of the genus {Sibbaldius},
     having a yellowish belly; especially, {Sibbaldius sulfureus}
     of the North Pacific, and {Sibbaldius borealis} of the North
     Atlantic; -- called also {sulphur whale}.
     [1913 Webster]