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nonwhale

nonwhale adjective: not related to whales, not a whale.

Adjective

nonwhale (not comparable)

  1. Not related to whales, not a whale
    • Subsequent to the decimation of stocks of the great whales, several nonwhale species also increased in abundance2002, S. Ferson, Mark A. Burgman, Quantitative methods for conservation biology, page 120
    • What was still missing was the closest nonwhale ancestor, the animal that was the link to these early whales.2007 December 25, Henry Fountain, “Researchers Find Animal That Links Whales to Land”, in New York Times

Origin of nonwhale

From non- + whale.

Questions about nonwhale

What does nonwhale mean?
Nonwhale means not related to whales, not a whale.
What part of speech is nonwhale?
Nonwhale is an adjective.

Words near nonwhale in the dictionary

  1. nonwetland
  2. nonwettability
  3. nonwettable
  4. nonwetted
  5. nonwetting
  6. nonwhale
  7. nonwhaling
  8. nonwheat
  9. nonwheelchair
  10. nonwheeled
  11. nonwhimsical

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