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- noun Plural form of
whale . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
whale .
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Examples
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The diving behavior of blue and fin whales: is dive duration shorter than expected based on oxygen stores?
Lunging is expensive, jaws can be noisy, and what’s with the asymmetry? Rorquals part III Darren Naish 2006
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The diving behavior of blue and fin whales: is dive duration shorter than expected based on oxygen stores?
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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"It's not the way of ships to go around being sunk by whales, is it, captain?"
CHAPTER XVI 2010
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"Working with whales is like working with poets," Lucy said.
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A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
Archive 2009-05-10 Tyler 2009
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The Japanese government allows about 20,000 dolphins to be caught each year, and argues that killing dolphins and whales is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter.
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If you were interested in whales and heard that the pet whale Sumi was killed, there would be a few lines of print and a couple of mentions on the newscycle and then nothing more would ever be heard.
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The Japanese government allows about 20,000 dolphins to be caught each year, and argues that killing dolphins and whales is no different from raising cows or pigs for slaughter.
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A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
And now, for another perspective on health, nutrition and fitness. Tyler 2009
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Or in the name of whales or trees or spotted owls.
The Burning Wire Jeffery Deaver 2010
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Developers released their games for free and made their money from the in-app purchases of a small number of high-spending players – termed whales – instead of asking everyone for cash upfront.
I was an App Store games editor – that’s how I know Apple doesn’t care about games Neil Long 2023
vanishedone commented on the word whales
Save the whales from WeirdNet.
January 9, 2009
yarb commented on the word whales
person (n): a very small whale; unimpressive in size or qualities
January 9, 2009