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PRONUNCIATION OF BLUE WHALE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BLUE WHALE

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Blue whale is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BLUE WHALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Blue whale

The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales. At 30 metres in length and 170 tonnes or more in weight, it is the largest existing animal and the heaviest that ever existed. Long and slender, the blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. There are at least three distinct subspecies: B. m. musculus of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, B. m. intermedia of the Southern Ocean and B. m. brevicauda found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. B. m. indica, found in the Indian Ocean, may be another subspecies. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively of small crustaceans known as krill. Blue whales were abundant in nearly all the oceans on Earth until the beginning of the twentieth century. For over a century, they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers until protected by the international community in 1966. A 2002 report estimated there were 5,000 to 12,000 blue whales worldwide, located in at least five groups. More recent research into the Pygmy subspecies suggests this may be an underestimate.

Definition of blue whale in the English dictionary

The definition of blue whale in the dictionary is the largest mammal: a widely distributed bluish-grey whalebone whale, Sibbaldus musculus, closely related and similar to the rorquals: family Balaenopteridae Also called: sulphur-bottom.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BLUE WHALE

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WORDS THAT END LIKE BLUE WHALE

baleen whale
black whale
exhale
Greenland whale
grey whale
hale
humpback whale
inhale
killer whale
minke whale
narwhale
pilot whale
right whale
sei whale
shale
sperm whale
toothed whale
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whalebone whale
white whale

Synonyms and antonyms of blue whale in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «blue whale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BLUE WHALE

Find out the translation of blue whale to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of blue whale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «blue whale» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蓝鲸
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ballena azul
570 millions of speakers

English

blue whale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नीली व्हेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الحوت الأزرق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

синий кит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baleia azul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নীল তিমি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

baleine bleue
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ikan paus biru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blauwal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

シロナガスクジラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

푸른 고래
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Biru paus
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cá voi xanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீல திமிங்கிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निळा देवमासा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mavi balina
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

blue Whale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Płetwal błękitny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

синій кит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

balena albastra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαλάζια φάλαινα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blou walvis
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

blåval
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

blåhval
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of blue whale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE WHALE»

The term «blue whale» is regularly used and occupies the 75.030 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BLUE WHALE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about blue whale

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BLUE WHALE»

Discover the use of blue whale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to blue whale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Big Blue Whale
The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever lived on Earth.
Nicola Davies, 2008
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The Blue Whale
Discusses the conditions affecting the survival of the blue whale, and the factors leading to its eventual extinction, as a case study in man's exploitation of natural resources
George L. Small, 1971
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Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?
Illustrates the concept of big, bigger, and biggest by comparing the physical measurements of such large things as a blue whale, a mountain, a star, and the universe.
Robert E. Wells, 2012
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How Many Elephants in a Blue Whale?: Measuring What You ...
How big is big?
Marcus Weeks, 2010
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The Blue Whale
The story of a close encounter between a woman and a whale, told from the perspective of both protagonists.
Stanislao Nievo, 2000
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Baby Blue Whale S Birthday Party
It is a sad birthday for the baby blue whale. Nobody has wished him because he has grown too big for his age, but still his party turns out to be a merry one.
Nira Wickramasinghe
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Billy Twitters and His Blue Whale Problem
When Billy Twitters' mother follows through on her threat to buy him a blue whale if he refuses to obey, he finds himself the owner of an enormous pet that he must take with him everywhere, which does not make him popular at school.
Mac Barnett, 2009
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Blue Whale and Family
Each book in this series focuses on one carving project, with variations suitable for beginners, intermediates, and experts.
Robert L. Buyer, 1996
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The Blue Whale: World's Largest Mammal
Discusses the blue whale, the largest mammal on earth, its habitat, what it eats, and why it's endangered.
Joy Paige, 2002
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Rainbow Fish and the Big Blue Whale
When a big blue whale comes to live near their reef, there is a misunderstanding between him and Rainbow Fish and his friends that leaves everyone very unhappy and hungry.
Marcus Pfister, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BLUE WHALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term blue whale is used in the context of the following news items.
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London Zoo: Ocean love
I once saw the spout of a blue whale. Obviously that's not as cool as seeing the whale itself, but I consider myself extremely fortunate just to ... «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
2
US, Russian guests to the fore in free concerts
It was called Gala of the stars of Russian opera and it featured our Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional in the brand-new Blue Whale concert hall. «Buenos Aires Herald, Jul 15»
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Mumbai marine enthusiast builds museum to preserve beached whale
NAVI MUMBAI: It was a sense of deja vu for fishermen at Revdanda beach near Alibaug when a 42-foot-long blue whale washed ashore about ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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How Can a Mere Minnow Punish a Blue Whale?
What can it mean whenever a mere minnow issues an "ultimatum" to a whole whale deep in the sea? I ask because our daily newspapers ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Sunday “Gayle on the Go!”, Sunday, July 5th, 2015
We can go Blue Whale watching with the experts of Harbor Breeze Cruises aboard this brand new, high-speed whale watching catamaran and ... «KTLA, Jul 15»
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July Book Buzz: "Mighty Whale Tales"
A bee is bitty, but a whale's a whopper, especially if it's a blue. Weighing in at 2,000-plus pounds, the blue whale is bee-lieved to be the largest ... «The Missourian, Jul 15»
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After Blue Whale, a Stranded Dolphin Surfaces Near Alibaug Beach
Last week a mammoth blue whale that came ashore could not be returned into the sea despite massive efforts and it died stranded on ... «Microfinance Monitor, Jul 15»
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Blue Whale & Vaquita Watching
Experts from the Aquarium's blue whale photo ID program have a Summer program about the arrival of southern California's endangered Blue ... «KTLA, Jul 15»
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Docker, the container company with a whale of a logo, “adopted” a …
Blue Whale #763 has an unusually curved dorsal fin, which is how researchers have been able to spot her more than 70 times over the past ... «Network World, Jul 15»
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Beached blue whale cremated, after initial burial fails
This was the scene for the last rites of the blue whale, which died 16 hours after it beached itself on the Revdanda beach of Raigad district, last ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Blue whale [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/blue-whale>. May 2024 ».
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