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Meanings of whale beaching in English

Russian
выбрасывание китообразных на берег
Portuguese
arrojamentos
Spanish
ballena varada
Catalan
encallament de cetacis
Wikidata

Phenomenon in which a whale becomes stuck on a beach, often causing the whale's death.

        выбрасывание китообразных на берег
        Synonyms
        Examples for "cetacean stranding"
        Examples for "cetacean stranding"
        1
        Rescuers try to help a stranded whale off the coast of Northland.
        Radio NZ
        2
        Kuia crying as they watch the stranded whale on a Northland beach.
        Radio NZ
        3
        Hog remained there in the middle of the dusty road like a stranded whale.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862
        4
        In the distance he looked enormous, like a stranded whale.
        The stranger
        5
        A stranded whale on a Waikato beach has died, despite rescuers' best efforts to save it.
        Radio NZ
        1
        She searched for and found the man lying like a beached whale.
        Blood and Bone
        2
        Gil resembled nothing more than a beached whale dressed up in farmer's clothes.
        Depraved
        3
        He was back on his belly, doing his beached whale imitation.
        Hard eight
        4
        He looked like a beached whale, lying on his side in the sand.
        Stand by your hitman
        5
        I read somewhere that a beached whale will die from an overdose of gravity.
        Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
        Usage of whale beaching in English
        1
        A whale beaching had not been recorded in the area before, he added.
        Reuters
        2
        Marine experts and volunteers are on high alert amid fears of a mass whale beaching along the Irish coast.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Whale beachings are common in the region, but one of this size has not been seen in over a decade.
        Radio NZ
        4
        Two boats were in the water off Ruakaka Beach this morning to try to stop the rest of the pod of whales beaching.
        Radio NZ
        5
        Whale beaching: An enduring mystery Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania.
        Reuters
        6
        Whale beaching: An enduring mystery SYDNEY Rescuers are trying to free a pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded off the Australian island of Tasmania.
        Reuters
        7
        The authorities in Vanuatu's Shefa Province are warning all villagers to report any sighted whale beachings, after a whale was found dead in a lagoon.
        Radio NZ