‖ susu1
(ˈsuːsuː)
Also soosoo, sousou.
[Bengalī.]
The Gangetic dolphin, Platanista gangetica.
| 1801 Roxburgh in Asiatic Res. VII. 171 Delphinus Gangeticus... Soosoo is the name it is known by amongst the Bengalese about Calcutta. They are found in great numbers in the Ganges. 1878 J. Anderson Anat. & Zool. Res. Yunnan I. 422 Platanista gangetica... This genus is known by different names along the Ganges, Indus, and Brahmaputra. Along the first-mentioned river, the term generally applied to it is sus, susu, or sunsar; along the Indus it is called, as a rule, bulhan. 1885 Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) V. 191 The Susu (Platanista gangetica) inhabits the Brahmapootra as well as the Ganges. |