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overwhaling

overwhaling noun: too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations.

overwhaling: too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations
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Noun

overwhaling (uncountable)

  1. Too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations.
    • Rampant overwhaling led to a widely agreed moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986.

Origin of overwhaling

From over- + whaling.

Questions about overwhaling

What does overwhaling mean?
Overwhaling means too much whaling, causing steep declines in whale populations.
What part of speech is overwhaling?
Overwhaling is a noun.

Words near overwhaling in the dictionary

  1. overwet
  2. overwetness
  3. overwets
  4. overwetted
  5. overwetting
  6. overwhaling
  7. overwhelm
  8. overwhelmable
  9. overwhelmed
  10. overwhelmedness
  11. overwhelmer

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