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whalekind

whalekind noun: whales as a collective.

Noun

whalekind (uncountable)

  1. Whales as a collective.
    • It was a leading question, and its hidden meaning was not lost on any of them, for Triton was a big and powerful Sperm Whale and they knew that he would gladly fight Poseidon for the future of whalekind, even unto death.2009, R.A.R. Clouston, The Tempest's Roar, page 291
    • ("A nation of armless Buddhas" was one Greenpeace cofounder's description of whalekind.)2020, Rebecca Giggs, Fathoms: The World in the Whale, page 153

Origin of whalekind

From whale + -kind.

Questions about whalekind

What does whalekind mean?
Whalekind means whales as a collective.
What part of speech is whalekind?
Whalekind is a noun.

Words near whalekind in the dictionary

  1. whaleheads
  2. whalehide
  3. whalehides
  4. whalehood
  5. whaleish
  6. whalekind
  7. whaleless
  8. whalelike
  9. whaleling
  10. whalelings
  11. whalelore

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