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Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.
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The minute marine animals (chiefly Entomostraca) upon which the right whales feed.
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The hunting of whales.
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The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.
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Pertaining to, or employed in, the pursuit of whales; as, a whaling voyage; a whaling vessel.
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The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals.
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A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.
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The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.
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A hole in the ice to which whales, seals, etc., come to breathe.
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A small kind of whale, of the genus Globicephalus, of several species. The most common is G. melas. Also sometimes applied to other whales of larger size.
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A spear or javelin used to strike and kill large fish, as whales; a harping iron. It consists of a long shank, with a broad, fiat, triangular head, sharpened at both edges, and is thrown by hand, or discharged from a gun.
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A genus of fossil whales belonging to the Phocodontia; -- so called because their are serrated, like a shark's.
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A streak or layer of blubber in whales.
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A subdivision of Cetacea, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.; the toothed whales.
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Any aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one hundred feet long. Whales are hunted chiefly for their oil and baleen, or whalebone.
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A genus of extinct Eocene whales, remains of which have been found in the Gulf States. The species had very long and slender bodies and broad serrated teeth. See Phocodontia.
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One who whales, or beats; a big, strong fellow; hence, anything of great or unusual size.
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A group of extinct carnivorous whales. Their teeth had compressed and serrated crowns. It includes Squalodon and allied genera.
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A genus of small schizopod shrimps found both in fresh and salt water; the opossum shrimps. One species inhabits the Great Lakes of North America, and is largely eaten by the whitefish. The marine species form part of the food of right whales.
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An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders:
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