whales

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||}

Whales, Bay of

geographical name

inlet of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, in the Ross Ice Shelf

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

common minke whale

noun

{bc}{sx|minke whale||}

fin whale

noun

{bc}a baleen whale ({it}Balaenoptera physalus{/it}) that may attain a length of over 70 feet (21 meters) and is found chiefly in subtropical to arctic and antarctic waters worldwide