whale
whale
noun
{bc}any of various very large, aquatic, marine mammals (order Cetacea) that have a torpedo-shaped body with a thick layer of blubber, paddle-shaped forelimbs but no hind limbs, a horizontally flattened tail, and nostrils that open externally at the top of the head
whale
verb
{bc}to engage in whale fishing
whale
verb
{bc}{sx|lash||}, {sx|thrash||}
whale shark
noun
{bc}a shark ({it}Rhincodon typus{/it}) of warm waters that has small teeth, feeds chiefly on plankton strained by its gill rakers, may sometimes attain a length of up to 60 feet (18.3 meters), and is the largest known fish
whale watch
noun
{bc}a trip that people take on a boat in order to see whales coming up to the surface of the water
Antarctic minke whale
noun
{bc}{sx|minke whale||b}
baleen whale
noun
{bc}any of a suborder (Mysticeti) of usually large whales typically of colder waters that lack teeth but have {d_link|baleen|baleen} plates in the upper jaw which are used to filter chiefly small crustaceans (such as krill) out of large quantities of seawater {dx}see {dxt|fin whale||}, {dxt|gray whale||}, {dxt|humpback whale||}, {dxt|right whale||}, {dxt|rorqual||}{/dx} {dx}compare {dxt|toothed whale||}{/dx}
beaked whale
noun
{bc}any of a family (Ziphiidae) of {d_link|toothed whales|toothed whale} that have a relatively long, narrow snout suggestive of a beak, that in the males often have a large bulging forehead, and that unlike other whales lack a notch on the fluke
blue whale
noun
{bc}a very large baleen whale ({it}Balaenoptera musculus{/it} synonym {it}Sibbaldus musculus{/it}) that may reach a weight of 150 tons (136 metric tons) and a length of 100 feet (30 meters) and is generally considered the largest living animal
bow*head whale
noun
{bc}a very large baleen whale ({it}Balaena mysticetus{/it} of the family Balaenidae) of cold waters of the northern hemisphere that is related to the {d_link|right whales|right whale}, may reach a length of 45 to 60 feet (13.5 to 18 meters), and has an extremely large head with an arched lower jaw
