10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHALEBONE WHALE»
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Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Countries
Sperm and whale oil, and whalebone. Whale oil Sperm and whale oil, and
whalebone. Whale oil ...do ...do General merchandise. General merchandise for
trade, part landed. Passengers .do. Genera] merchandise Lumber, &c Sperm and
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United States. Dept. of State, 1862
The cow whale's head is about one fourth of her length. The female Whalebone
Whale is said to equal in size or even exceed the male. The disparity in size
between the sexes of the two varieties is explained by the fact that the
Whalebone ...
3
Cassell's popular natural history
We now come to the last and most important of the Cetacea — THE RIGHT, OR
WHALEBONE WHALE.f This animal, over whose capture so much endurance
and heroism was once expended, has now become comparatively rare. Indeed,
its ...
4
The Antarctic Dictionary: A Complete Guide to Antarctic English
[While baleen whale is now the commoner term in English for these whales, '
whalebone whale' is the older term, recorded for the northern whalebone whales
since 1725 (NOED).] A baleen whale. 1902 Beddard, Frank Evers Mammalia.
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Dublin University magazine: a literary and political journal
+ These remarks chiefly appiy to the true whalebone whale — the Balaena Mys-
ticetus; but in all probability a similar kind of food, and feeding also, belong to the
razor-back. We have chronicled the broad-nosed whale's love of herrings ...
6
The Dublin University Magazine
Harming nobody from malice prepense, interfering with nobody — the great
whalebone whale only seeks to lead a quiet life in the bosom of his family, far
from the contests and bickerings of man.* A good and faithful husband is the
gentleman ...
7
Daily Life Through American History in Primary Documents
The Finback Whale is distinguished from the Right Whale, by having a great Fin
on his Back from two Feet and an Half, to four Feet long, which gives him the
Name; he has also two side Fins, as the Whalebone Whale, but much longer, ...
Randall M. Miller, Theodore J. Zeman, Francis J. Sicius, 2011
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The Universal Traveller Or a Compleat Description of the ...
O N E of these Whales has yielded 130 Barrels of Oil, and near twenty out of the
Tongue: The Whalebone-Whale is the most valuable, except the Sperma'-Ceti
Whale. T 1-1 z Scrag Whale is nearest the Right Whale in Figure, and for Wantity
of ...
... rorqual whale with long spiral tusk, Arctic: narwhal whale, dive like: sound
whale, killer: grampus, otc whale, large toothless: baleen whale, mysticete,
whalebone whale whale, pertaining to: cetacean whale, strip blubber from: flense
whale, ...
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Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden
The Whalebone Whale is the most valuable, except the Spermaceti Whale. The
Scrag Whale is near akin to the Finback, but, instead of a Fin upon his Back, the
Ridge of the Afterpart of his back is scragged with half a Dozen Knobs or
Knuckles ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHALEBONE WHALE»
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Whale of a tale: Rare fossil found in California
Also known as whalebone whales, baleen whales are some of the world's largest animals and are characterized by having plates for filtering food from water, ... «whnt.com, Aug 14»
