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Meanings of beached whale in English
Phenomenon in which a whale becomes stuck on a beach, often causing the whale's death.
Synonyms
Examples for "cetacean stranding"
Examples for "cetacean stranding"
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A whale beaching had not been recorded in the area before, he added.
2
Marine experts and volunteers are on high alert amid fears of a mass whale beaching along the Irish coast.
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Whale beachings are common in the region, but one of this size has not been seen in over a decade.
4
Two boats were in the water off Ruakaka Beach this morning to try to stop the rest of the pod of whales beaching.
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Whale beaching: An enduring mystery Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania.
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Rescuers try to help a stranded whale off the coast of Northland.
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Kuia crying as they watch the stranded whale on a Northland beach.
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Hog remained there in the middle of the dusty road like a stranded whale.
4
In the distance he looked enormous, like a stranded whale.
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A stranded whale on a Waikato beach has died, despite rescuers' best efforts to save it.
Usage of beached whale in English
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She searched for and found the man lying like a beached whale.
2
Gil resembled nothing more than a beached whale dressed up in farmer's clothes.
3
He was back on his belly, doing his beached whale imitation.
4
He looked like a beached whale, lying on his side in the sand.
5
I read somewhere that a beached whale will die from an overdose of gravity.
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The poor thing looked like a great beached whale from some Old Earth wildlife holo.
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I looked thoughtfully at Kid Cthulhu, still lying where he'd fallen like a beached whale.
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She was like a beached whale, her wild hair spread around her like a fishing net.
9
Staying in on a Saturday night, eating like a pig, and feeling like a beached whale?
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But for a moment, Lorenza thought of the image of a large, rotting corpse, a beached whale.
11
By this time, I wouldn't have been surprised if a beached whale had lain across the road.
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He could taste one of his famous hunches, and it held the flavour of a beached whale.
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She felt like the proverbial beached whale.
14
Lying there in his grubby white T shirt and white apron, he looked like a beached whale.
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I felt like a beached whale.
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She looked like a beached whale as she lay on their bed in an enormous pink satin nightgown.
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Translations for beached whale
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United States of America
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