whale¹ /(h)wāl/

1. Any of an order of cetaceous mammals, including the toothed whales, such as the sperm whales and the dolphins, and the whalebone whales, such as the right whales and the rorquals, in which the teeth are only rudimentary
2. A person with a large appetite (informal)
3. Something very large of its kind (informal)
4. (with cap) the constellation Cetus

To hunt whales

whālˈer noun

1. A whaleboat
2. A whaleman
3. Something very large of its kind (slang)
4. A tramp (old Aust inf)

whālˈery noun

Whaling

whālˈing adjective

Concerned with or used in whale-catching

The business of catching whales

whaleˈback noun

1. A turtleback
2. A kind of steamboat used on the Great Lakes to carry grain, etc having a rounded upper deck
3. A mound shaped like the back of a whale

whaleˈboat noun

1. A long, narrow boat sharp at both ends once used in the pursuit of whales
2. A similar boat carried on a large vessel as a life-boat

whaleˈbone noun

1. A light flexible substance consisting of the baleen plates of whales
2. An article made of this

adjective

Made of whalebone

whale calf noun

(also calf whale) a young whale

whaleˈ-fisher noun

whaleˈ-fishery noun

whaleˈ-fishing noun

whaleˈ-head noun

The shoebill (also whale-headed stork)

whale line noun

Strong rope used for harpoon lines in whale-fishing

whale louse noun

A genus (Cyamus) of amphipod Crustacea parasitic on the skin of cetaceans

whaleˈman noun

A person or ship employed in whale-fishing

whale oil noun

Oil obtained from the blubber of a whale

whale's bone noun (obsolete)

Ivory eg from the walrus

whale's food or whale food noun

Small animals eaten by whales, esp the Clio genus of shell-less pteropods

whale shark noun

A huge but harmless shark of tropical seas

whalˈing-gun noun

A harpoon gun, a contrivance that fires a harpoon attached to a line

whalˈing-master noun

The captain of a whaler

whalˈing-port noun

A port where whalers are registered

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