Thesaurus: whale
Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
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- n. Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
- n. a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- n. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
- v. hunt for whales
- Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one ofthe large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long.Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
- n:100 n. any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head v. hunt for whales