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desert whale

desert whale noun: gray whale.

Noun

desert whale (plural desert whales)

  1. gray whale
    • Sometimes it is called the desert whale because its winter mating and calving grounds lie along a desolate stretch of Mexico's Pacific shore.1971 Mar, National Geographic, page 396

Forms of desert whale

pluraldesert whales

Questions about desert whale

What does desert whale mean?
Desert whale means gray whale.
What part of speech is desert whale?
Desert whale is a noun.
What is the plural of desert whale?
The plural of desert whale is desert whales.

Words near desert whale in the dictionary

  1. desert truffle
  2. desert truffles
  3. desert varnish
  4. desert varnishes
  5. Desert View Highlands
  6. desert whale
  7. desert whales
  8. desert wheatear
  9. desert wheatears
  10. desert willow
  11. desert willows

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