WHALES

Meaning of WHALES in English

/hwaylz, waylz/ , n.

Bay of , an inlet of the Ross Sea, in Antarctica: location of Little America.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

WHALES — plural of whale present third singular of whale
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHALES — See like kicking dead whales down the beach . [ Jargon File ]
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
WHALES — See like kicking dead whales down the beach .
Jargon File English vocabulary
WHALES — Киты
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALES — Китообразные
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHALES — Киты
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHALES, BAY OF — former indentation in the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. First seen by the British explorer Sir James Clark Ross in 1842 …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALING — Hunting of Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools to hunt whales. They used the entire …
Английский словарь Британика
WHALE — I Any of dozens of species of exclusively aquatic mammal s found in oceans, seas, rivers, and estuaries worldwide but …
Английский словарь Британика
ECHOLOCATION — Physiological process for locating distant or invisible objects (such as prey) by emitting sound waves that are reflected back to …
Английский словарь Британика
PHYSETEROIDEA — ˌfisəd.əˈrȯidēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Physeter + -oidea : a superfamily of toothed whales comprising the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHYSETERIDAE — ˌfisəˈterəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Physeter, type genus + -idae : a family of whales that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLOWHOLE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) 1. : a hole in a metal ingot or casting caused by a bubble of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOOTHED WHALE — ■ noun any of the large group of predatory whales with teeth, including sperm whales, killer whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHALING — hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. In some areas of the world, whaling dates to prehistoric times. Modern …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHALE — any of several species of exclusively aquatic mammals who, along with the porpoises and dolphins, constitute the order Cetacea (see …
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PLANKTON — marine and freshwater organisms, which, because they are nonmotile or because they are too small or too weak to swim …
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CETACEAN
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BEAKED WHALE — any of a family (Ziphiidae, or, in some classifications, Hyperoodontidae) of medium-sized toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti), encompassing 6 genera and …
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WHALE — I. whale 1 /weɪl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hwæl ] 1 . a very …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHALE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
POD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a school/pod of whales (= a group of whales ) ▪ A school of sperm …
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PILOT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a pilot project (= one organized to test if an idea will be successful …
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KILLER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a deadly/killer virus ▪ a killer virus which has already been responsible for the …
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HUNT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a fishing/hunting licence (= a licence that allows you to fish/hunt ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHALING — n. Hunting of whales for food, oil, or both. Whaling dates to prehistoric times, when Arctic peoples used stone tools …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные (Cetacea) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked whale - Atlantic right whale - Baird's beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
WHALE — кит; pl китообразные ( Cetacea ) - Arctic right whale - Arctic whale - Arnoux's beaked whale - Atlantic beaked …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

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