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Meanings of blue whale in English

Portuguese
grande-rorqual
Catalan
balena blava
Wikidata

Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.

grande-rorqual

A baleen whale of the species Balaenoptera musculus measuring up to 30 meters.

Synonyms
Examples for "sulfur-bottom whale"
Examples for "sulfur-bottom whale"
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Now you take the sulphur-bottom whale, Vexley hastily launched off again.
King Rat
Usage of blue whale in English
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The discovery will help scientists understand more about the blue whale's physiology.
BBC
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The skeleton of a blue whale was suspended over the main foyer.
The Fall of Reach
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Hope -that's the name of the blue whale that replaced Dippy.
The Guardian
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It turns out there are some marine challengers to the blue whale.
BBC
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Even a new-born blue whale is longer than a giant reticulated python.
BBC
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The area is New Zealand's only known blue whale foraging ground.
Radio NZ
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Maybe this is the kind of habitat that particularly suits the blue whale.
Radio NZ
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No other animal, other than the blue whale, is that huge.
The Guardian
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A miniature blue whale, presented in a match-box, to give it some scale.
The unnatural inquirer
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Of course there is a bloody great blue whale in the cabin here.
The Guardian
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Eighteen blue whale individuals were resampled over time without significant difference between consecutive samples.
Pubmed
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It was a blue whale, the largest species of animal that has ever lived.
BBC
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Its main funnel is painted with a large blue whale.
Reuters
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It's almost as useful as the double-decker bus, the blue whale and Wales itself.
The Guardian
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Today Earth is home to the heaviest animal that has ever lived: the blue whale.
BBC
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Of course the blue whale was largest of all.
The Guardian
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Translations for blue whale
Blue whale across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Rare
United Kingdom
Rare