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PRONUNCIATION OF WHALE CATCHER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHALE CATCHER

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Whale catcher is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WHALE CATCHER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whale catcher

Whaler

A whaler or whaling ship is a specialized ship, designed for whaling, the catching and/or processing of whales. The former includes the whale catcher – a steam or diesel-driven vessel with a harpoon gun mounted at its bow. The latter includes such vessels as the sail or steam-driven whaleship of the 16th to early 20th century and the floating factory or factory ship of the modern era. There have also been vessels which combined the two activities, such as the bottlenose whalers of the late 19th and early 20th century, and catcher/factory ships of the modern era. Whaleships had two or more whaleboats, open rowing boats used in the capture of whales. Whaleboats brought the captured whales to the whaleships to be flensed or cut up. Here the blubber was rendered into oil using two or three try-pots set in a brick furnace called the tryworks. At first, whale catchers either brought the whales they killed to a whaling station or factory ship anchored in a sheltered bay or inlet. Later, with the development of the slipway at the ship's stern, whale catchers were able to transfer their catch to factory ships operating in the open sea.

Definition of whale catcher in the English dictionary

The definition of whale catcher in the dictionary is a vessel engaged in the actual harpooning of whales.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHALE CATCHER

whakairo
whakapapa
whale
whale calf
whale oil
whale shark
whale watching
whaleback
whaleboat
whalebone
whalebone whale
whalelike
whaleman
whaler
whaler shark
whalery
whaling
whaling ship
whaling station
whally

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHALE CATCHER

batcher
butcher
catcher
dispatcher
eye-catcher
fetcher
fletcher
flycatcher
hatcher
matcher
oystercatcher
patcher
pitcher
scratcher
snatcher
stitcher
stretcher
switcher
teacher
Thatcher
watcher

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

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Translation of «whale catcher» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHALE CATCHER

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

Translator English - Chinese

捕鲸船
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ballenero
570 millions of speakers

English

whale catcher
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्हेल पकड़ने वाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الماسك الحوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кит зрелище
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

baleeiro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তিমি শিকারী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

navire baleinier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penangkap ikan paus
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Walfänger
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クジラキャッチャー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고래 포수
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whale catcher
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bắt cá voi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திமிங்கிலம் பிடிப்பவன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

व्हेल कॅचर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Balina avcısı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Catcher balena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wieloryb łapacz
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кит видовище
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

catcher balena
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φάλαινα catcher
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

walvis vanger
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whale stoppare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hvalbåt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whale catcher

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHALE CATCHER»

The term «whale catcher» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.611 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHALE CATCHER» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHALE CATCHER»

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The History of Modern Whaling
catcher. Posterity has linked the name of Foyn so closely with the ingenious grenade harpoon that it has been apt to forget that he decisively shaped the development of other aspects of whaling, too, not least the whale catcher. The one Foyn ...
Johan Nicolay Tønnessen, Arne Odd Johnsen, 1982
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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(b) "Take" means to flag, buoy or make fast to a whale catcher. (c) "Land" means to retrieve to a factory ship, land station, or other Place where a whale can be treated. (d) "Lose" means to either strike or take but not land. (e) "Dauhval" means ...
‎1983
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International Governmental Organizations: Constitutional ...
It is forbidden to take or kill calves or suckling whales or female whales which are accompanied by calves or suckling whales. 4. It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen ...
Amos J. Peaslee, 1974
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Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United ...
It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen whales in any of the following areas: (a) in the waters north of 66° North Latitude except that from 150° East Longitude eastward ...
Charles Irving Bevans, 1968
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The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
Shags or cormorants were plentiful around the beach areas, and frequently fell prey to whale-catcher crews and sealing parties, who considered them good eating. 1991 Venables, Stephen Island at the edge of the world: a South Georgia  ...
Bernadette Hince, 2000
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The Game of Conservation: International Treaties to Protect ...
It is forbidden to take or kill calves or suckling whales or female whales which are accompanied by calves or suckling whales. 4. It is forbidden to use a factory ship or a whale catcher attached thereto for the purpose of taking or treating baleen ...
Mark Cioc, 2009
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Sustainable Management of Natural Resources: Mathematical ...
Both common property and private property equilibria are examined from data provided in [7]: intrinsic growth is set to R = 1.05 per year, carrying capacity is K = 400 000 whales, unit cost is c = 600 000 $ per whale-catcher year, catchability is q ...
Michel Lara, Luc Doyen, 2008
8
Inuit, Whaling, and Sustainability
... began to be lost when, in 1954, the Soviet authorities banned the hunting of large whales by local hunters using their own traditional boats and weapons, and in its place introduced state-run whaling from the whale catcher- boat Zvyozdnyi.
Milton M. R. Freeman, 1998
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The Island of South Georgia
157, 236 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 7, 238 sedges, 197, 229 seismology, 100, 174, 188 Seixas y Lovera, Francisco de, 22 Semla (whale catcher), 113, 131 Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt, 89 Serolis pagenstrecheri, 164 sp., 211 ...
Robert Headland, 1992
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United States Code, 2006, V. 10, Title 16, Conservation, ...
(4) License for any vessel used exclusively for transporting whale products from a factory ship to a port during the whaling season. $100. (5) Whale-catcher license. $100. (c) Disposition of fees All moneys derived from the issuance of whaling ...
House, Office of the Law Revision Counsel

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHALE CATCHER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whale catcher is used in the context of the following news items.
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Britain's whale hunters: the untold story
The vast abandoned whaling station at Leith Harbour on the island of South .... But if another whale catcher had spotted it, you might go for another three or four ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»
2
Japan cancels annual Antarctic whaling hunt
A file handout photo dated 16 December 2001 and made available by Greenpeace, showing a whale catcher ship Kyo Maru 1, using a harpoon to catch a whale ... «eNCA, Apr 14»
3
For Sea Shepherd - A Vindication
"The Convention defines a 'factory ship' as a ship "in which or on which whales are treated either wholly or in part" and defines a 'whale catcher' as a ship "used ... «Huffington Post UK, Apr 14»
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Sun setting on South Tyneside whaling fleet's last survivors
In reality, he was headed south for seven months in the whaling grounds of the ... Sixty-nine whale catchers alone were built here, many of them at Smith's,” said ... «Shields Gazette, Jan 14»
5
ICJ Hears Australian Challenge To Japan's 'Research' Whaling
An Australian Customs Service handout photo from February 2008 shows a whale being dragged toward the Japanese whale catcher "Yushin Maru" after being ... «RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Jun 13»
6
Whale on the menu in Japanese port as whaling fleet prepares to …
This week, two whale catcher boats with harpoons poised on their prow sat in the port, which set in the straits between the islands of Honshu and Kyushu. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 08»
7
Whale activists 'captured'
In a daring protest, Australian Benjamin Potts, 28, and Briton Giles Lane, 35, boarded the moving Japanese whale catcher, Yushin Maru No. 2, just inside the ... «The Age, Jan 08»
8
Campbell raps Japan's whaling tactics
As conflict over whaling looms in the Antarctic, the Federal Government will today ... were also commonly aimed at activists' heads by the whale catcher boats. «The Age, Jan 07»

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