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Definitions for Whales
[1] Bay of, an inlet of the Ross Sea, in Antarctica: location of Little America.
[2] any of the larger marine mammals of the order Cetacea, especially as distinguished from the smaller dolphins and porpoises, having a fishlike body, forelimbs modified into flippers, and a head that is horizontally flattened.
[3] Informal . something big, great, or fine of its kind: I had a whale of a time in Europe.
[4] (initial capital letter ) Astronomy . the constellation Cetus.
[5] to engage in whaling or whale fishing.
[6] to hit, thrash, or beat soundly.
[7] any of the larger cetacean mammals, excluding dolphins, porpoises, and narwhals. They have flippers, a streamlined body, and a horizontally flattened tail and breathe through a blowhole on the top of the head Related adjective: cetacean
[8] any cetacean mammal See also toothed whale, whalebone whale
[9] slang a gambler who has the capacity to win and lose large sums of money in a casino
[10] a whale of a informal an exceptionally large, fine, etc, example of a (person or thing) we had a whale of a time on holiday
[11] (tr) to beat or thrash soundly
Words related to Whales
mammal, porpoise, whopper, cetacean, grampus, baleen, finback, beluga, rorqual, narwhal, orca, ceta, cete, orc, sei
Origin of Whales
2First recorded in 1780–90; origin uncertain
Words that may be confused with Whales
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, whalewail, whale
Word origin for Whales
C18: variant of wale 1
Synonyms for Whales
mammal, porpoise, baleen, beluga, cetacean, finback, grampus, narwhal, orca, rorqual, whopper, ceta, cete, orc, sei