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flue whales

flue whales is the plural of flue whale.

Meaning of flue whale

Noun

flue whale (plural flue whales)

  1. A hybrid of a fin whale and a blue whale.
    • What does a hybrid whale look like? Sometimes nicknamed “flue whale” (a combination of the words “fin” and “blue”), these hybrids can present traits of both parent species.2024 April 11, Odélie Brouillette, “Unravelling the Mysteries of Hybridization in Blue Whales”, in Whales Online, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2025

Questions about flue whales

What is flue whales the plural of?
Flue whales is the plural of flue whale.

Words near flue whales in the dictionary

  1. flue pipe
  2. flue pipes
  3. flue stop
  4. flue stops
  5. flue whale
  6. flue whales
  7. flue-faker
  8. flue-fakers
  9. Flueckiger
  10. flued
  11. Fluegel

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