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n. - Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head.

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  • The large shiny black forehead of the first whale was no more than two yards from us when it sank beneath the surface of the water.
  • Actually touching a whale is the big aim for all the tourists and they seem to spend many hours trying to do just that.
  • I think Abrams’ use of the term whale isn’t literal.
  • Bob Neyland's white whale is the Bonhomme Richard.
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