whale's guide
whale's guide noun: a type of small fish thought to accompany the whale.
Noun
whale's guide
- A type of small fish thought to accompany the whale.
- it is in shape like a Gudgeon, and both the Latines and we, call it the Whales-guide; for, she doth ever follow him, suffering her selfe, as easily to be led and turned by him, as a ship is directed and turned by a sterne[…].1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
- This tiny Creature is the Whale's Guide, and therefore protected by him, while all the finny Race besides are his Prey.1730, Matthew Concanen, The Speculatist, page 267
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- Whale's guide means a type of small fish thought to accompany the whale.
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- Whale's guide is a noun.
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