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whaleling

whaleling noun: a small or young whale.

Noun

whaleling (plural whalelings)

  1. A small or young whale.
    • Their blood and body temperatures are warm and constant, and they bring forth living offspring — and produce milk to suckle their young whalelings with.1937, Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and century - Volume 97 - Page 108
    • I like to think that Old Grandma Sperm Whales tell bedtime stories to the little whalings all about the deviousness and monstrosity that humankind used to inflict upon their ancestors.2009, plasticactus.livejournal.com/1924.html?thread=4228

Forms of whaleling

pluralwhalelings
alternative formwhaling

Origin of whaleling

From whale + -ling.

Questions about whaleling

What does whaleling mean?
Whaleling means a small or young whale.
What part of speech is whaleling?
Whaleling is a noun.
What is the plural of whaleling?
The plural of whaleling is whalelings.

Words near whaleling in the dictionary

  1. whalehood
  2. whaleish
  3. whalekind
  4. whaleless
  5. whalelike
  6. whaleling
  7. whalelings
  8. whalelore
  9. whaleman
  10. whalemeat
  11. whalemen

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