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whalefalls

whalefalls is the plural of whalefall.

Meaning of whalefall

Noun

whalefall (plural whalefalls)

  1. A whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor.
    • But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls.2007 December 18, Henry Fountain, “Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discriminate”, in New York Times

Questions about whalefalls

What is whalefalls the plural of?
Whalefalls is the plural of whalefall.

Words near whalefalls in the dictionary

  1. whaled
  2. whaled away
  3. whaled on
  4. whaledom
  5. whalefall
  6. whalefalls
  7. whalefeed
  8. whalefish
  9. whalefisher
  10. whalefishers
  11. whalefishes

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