APA: qʷənəs
Parse: √qwunus
Definition: whale
Scientific name: [?Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg) (gray whale) and ?Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede (minke whale)]
Ethnobiology: The whales referred to by this term include gray whales and a smaller type of whale that comes to the inside waters, most likely the small minke whale. This term cannot be used to refer to killer whales.