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whale fall

whale fall noun: a whale carcass that has fallen to the seafloor, which in deeper water can sustain a diverse local ecosystem for decades.

Noun

whale fall (plural whale falls)

  1. A whale carcass that has fallen to the seafloor, which in deeper water can sustain a diverse local ecosystem for decades.

Forms of whale fall

pluralwhale falls

Questions about whale fall

What does whale fall mean?
Whale fall means a whale carcass that has fallen to the seafloor, which in deeper water can sustain a diverse local ecosystem for decades.
What part of speech is whale fall?
Whale fall is a noun.
What is the plural of whale fall?
The plural of whale fall is whale falls.

Words near whale fall in the dictionary

  1. Whale Beach
  2. whale catcher
  3. whale catchers
  4. whale catfish
  5. whale catfishes
  6. whale fall
  7. whale falls
  8. whale fisher
  9. whale fishers
  10. whale lice
  11. whale line

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