echolocation
موقعیت سنجی با انعکاس صدا
In echolocation (also called sonar), a high-pitched sound (usually clicks) is sent out. The sound bounces off the object and some returns. The returning echo is interpreted to determine the object’s shape, direction, distance, and texture. Dolphins (and other toothed whales) and some bats use sonar to navigate and find prey

eel
مارماهی
The eel is a long, snake-like fish

elephant seal
فک فیلی
The elephant seal is a huge seal that lives in the Pacific Ocean

emperor angelfish
ماهی امپراتور
The emperor angelfish is a brightly-colored, flattened fish that lives in shallow warm waters

emperor penguin
پنگوئن امپراتور
The emperor penguin is the largest penguin; it lives on ice packs in Antarctica

fiddler crab
خرچنگ ساززن
The fiddler crab is small crab that lives on beaches. The male fiddler crab has one enlarged claw

fin
باله
Fish use their fins to swim

fin whale
نهنگ باله بزرگ
The fin whale is a very large baleen whale. It is the second largest animal in the world

fish
ماهی
Fish live in the water and breathe with gills

flipper
باله (اندامی پارومانند)
Flippers are wide, flat limbs that many marine animals use for swimming. Seals and whales have flippers

flukes
انتهای دم نهنگ

The tail of whales and dolphins is called the flukes (each half of the tail is called a fluke). Flukes have no bones in them. Whales swim by moving their flukes up and down in the water. fish move their tail left to right

giant squid
ماهی مرکب عظیم الجثه
Giant Squid swim deep in the oceans. They have ten arms and their eyes are the size of basketballs

gills
آبشش
Gills are organs that fish and amphibians use to breathe underwater

goblin shark
نوعی کوسه
The Goblin shark has a very long snout

gray whale
نهنگ خاکستری
The gray whale is a baleen whale that eats tiny organisms from the mud on the bottom on the ocean

great white shark
کوسه سفید بزرگ
The Great White shark is a large, meat-eating fish

gull
مرغ نوروزی
Gulls are birds that live near oceans and lakes

hammerhead shark
کوسه سرچکشی
The hammerhead shark has a head shaped like a hammer

harp seal
نوعی فک
The harp seal is a marine mammal that lives in the North Atlantic and in the Arctic Ocean

hatchetfish
نوعی ماهی
Hatchetfish are oddly-shaped fish from South and Central America

hermit crab
خرچنگ گوشه گیر
Hermit crabs are crabs that lack a hard shell; they use a discarded shell for protection

horseshoe crab
خرچنگ نعل اسبی
The horseshoe crab is a hard-shelled animal that lives in warm coastal waters on the sea floor

hull
بدنه کشتی
The hull is the main body or frame of a ship

humpback whale
نهنگ کوهان دار
Humpbacks are very acrobatic whales that sing beautiful, complex songs

intertidal zone
منطقه درون جزرومدی
The intertidal zone is where the sea meets the land, the area between high tide and low tide

jellyfish
ستاره دریایی
Jellyfish are animals that have stinging tentacles

keel
کف کشتی
The keel is the bottom of a ship

kelp
کتانجک (نوعی گیاه)
Kelp is brown seaweed that grows in cold water

killer whale
نهنگ قاتل
Killer whales are also known as orcas. These whales eats hundreds of pounds of fish and marine mammals every day

krill
کریل
Krill are small marine animals that are eaten by many big animals, including some whales

lanternfish
نوعی ماهی که نور تولید می کند
Lanternfish are fish that have light-producing organs and very large eyes

lemon shark
کوسه لیمویی
The lemon shark is a yellowish shark

lighthouse
فانوس دریایی
A lighthouse shines a very bright light so ships won’t sail ashore or into rocks by mistake

limpet
لیمپت (نوعی نرم تن شکمپا)
The limpet is a marine animal with a soft body and a flattened, cone-shaped shell

lobster
نوعی خرچنگ
A lobster lives on the ocean floor and has five pairs of legs. Lobsters have blue blood

lobtailing
نوعی حرکت دم کوسه
Lobtailing is when a whale sticks its tail out of the water into the air, swings the tail around, and then slaps the tail on the water’s surface. Lobtailing makes a very loud noise