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whalery

whalery noun: a whale fishery.

Noun

whalery (plural whaleries)

  1. A whale fishery.
    • David Lillies testified that the whalery had ill success because Dubrois took the sloop up the River and the whale was consequently lost.1897, Lewis Townsend Stevens, The History of Cape May County, New Jersey

Forms of whalery

pluralwhaleries

Origin of whalery

From whale + -ery.

Questions about whalery

What does whalery mean?
Whalery means a whale fishery.
What part of speech is whalery?
Whalery is a noun.
What is the plural of whalery?
The plural of whalery is whaleries.

Words near whalery in the dictionary

  1. whaler's delight
  2. whaleries
  3. whalerman
  4. whalermen
  5. whalers
  6. whalery
  7. whales
  8. whales away
  9. whales on
  10. whaleshark
  11. whalesharks

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