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PRONUNCIATION OF WHALELIKE

whalelike  [ˈweɪlˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHALELIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whalelike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WHALELIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of whalelike in the English dictionary

The definition of whalelike in the dictionary is resembling a whale.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHALELIKE


cell-like
ˈsɛlˌlaɪk
eel-like
ˈiːlˌlaɪk
funnel-like
ˈfʌn əlˌlaɪk
gaol-like
ˈdʒeɪlˌlaɪk
gill-like
ˈɡɪlˌlaɪk
jewel-like
ˈdʒuːəlˌlaɪk
mammal-like
ˈmæməlˌlaɪk
metal-like
ˈmetəlˌlaɪk
oil-like
ˈɔɪlˌlaɪk
scale-like
ˈskeɪlˌlaɪk
shalelike
ˈʃeɪlˌlaɪk
snail-like
ˈsneɪlˌlaɪk
soul-like
ˈsəʊlˌlaɪk
tail-like
ˈteɪlˌlaɪk
temple-like
ˈtempəlˌlaɪk
tilelike
ˈtaɪlˌlaɪk
tunnel-like
ˈtʌnəlˌlaɪk
veil-like
ˈveɪlˌlaɪk
wall-like
ˈwɔːlˌlaɪk
wool-like
ˈwʊlˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHALELIKE

whale
whale calf
whale catcher
whale oil
whale shark
whale watching
whaleback
whaleboat
whalebone
whalebone whale
whaleman
whaler
whaler shark
whalery
whaling
whaling ship
whaling station
whally
wham
whammed

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHALELIKE

apelike
belike
dislike
eyelike
homelike
lifelike
mouselike
needlelike
platelike
princelike
slatelike
sleevelike
smokelike
snakelike
spongelike
tapelike
tonguelike
trancelike
treelike
wavelike
wifelike

Synonyms and antonyms of whalelike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «whalelike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHALELIKE

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

Translator English - Chinese

whalelike
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

whalelike
570 millions of speakers

English

whalelike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whalelike
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

whalelike
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

whalelike
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whalelike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

whalelike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

whalelike
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Whalelike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

whalelike
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

whalelike
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

whalelike
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whalelike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

whalelike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

whalelike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Whalelike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

whalelike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

whalelike
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

whalelike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

whalelike
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

whalelike
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

whalelike
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

whalelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whalelike
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whalelike
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whalelike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHALELIKE»

The term «whalelike» is used very little and occupies the 164.668 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHALELIKE» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHALELIKE»

Discover the use of whalelike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whalelike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Science
WHALELIKE. JAWS,. HAS. OIL-BURNING. ENGINE. USING oil instead of gasoline as fuel, a strange racing car, designed by George . Eyston, noted British driver, has already attained speeds of more than 100 miles an hour. Its designer  ...
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Biology Today and Tomorrow without Physiology
Researchers knew there were 1nter- formsthe |Ower part Oftheiranydejointl mediate forms because they had found a representative fossil of an ancient whalelike skull, but without a complete skeleton the rest of the story remained speculative.
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2012
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The Cambridge Natural History: Mammalia
The skull,too, is not Whalelike ina numberofother points. Thusthe premaxillaries take their fair sharein the outline oftheupper jaw;and, furthermore, bear the incisor teeth. The parietalsmeet abovein a crest andare not excluded from theroof of ...
Frank Evers Beddard
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Biology: Concepts and Applications
Researchers knew there were intermediate forms because they had found a representative fossil skull of an ancient whalelike animal, but without a complete skeleton the rest of the story remained speculative. ankle bones 50 cm 50 cm Then, ...
Cecie Starr, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr, 2014
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Secrets of the Sixth Edition: Darwin Discredits His Own Theory
The first one is an example of macroevolution, how Darwin thought bears could be transformed into whalelike animals: "In North America the black bear was seen by Hearne swimming for hours with widely opened mouths, thus catching, like a ...
Randall Hedtke, 2010
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The Internet Weather: Balancing Continuous Change and ...
I observed this simulator projecting the effect of an El Niño, which is depicted as a whalelike blob of red (warm) water swimming about the equator from Peru across the Pacific. Following within the next few years is a cool La Niña, which starts ...
James W. Moore, 2002
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other ...
Then, in 1979, Philip Gingerich, a University of Michigan researcher hunting early mammals in Pakistan, found a 5o-million-year-old fossil with teeth resembling those of Mesonyx, but whalelike ear bones. He named it Pakicetus ("Pakistani ...
David Rains Wallace, 2004
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The Rainbow Serpent: A Chromatic Piece
M2 introduces a new name, Lumaluma, and the being so named is given a whalelike appearance and a saltwater habitat. But at the same time she is identified with Jingana. And once again a left-handed bird acts decisively to help free ...
Ira R. Buchler, Kenneth Maddock, 1978
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Shakespeare's Ocean: An Ecocritical Exploration
TheGreeks are equated withfish consumed by a warrior whose enormous bloodlust—huge and unstoppable—renders him whalelike. The metaphor thenshifts, and “thestrawy Greeks,”nolonger fishesbut blades of grass, “fall down before him.
Dan Brayton, 2012
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Why Evolution is True
But if wegoback four million more years, to fiftytwo million years ago, weseewhat might well bethat ancestor.It is a fossil skullfroma wolfsized creature called Pakicetus, which isabit more whalelike than Indohyus,having simpler teethand more ...
Jerry A. Coyne, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHALELIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whalelike is used in the context of the following news items.
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Letters: Today's biology textbooks fail our students by leaving out …
Science educator Randall Hedtke writes in “Secrets of the Sixth Edition,” Master Books, Green Forest, AR (2010), at page 91 that this “bear-to-whalelike” ... «The Advocate, Jul 15»
2
Do Dolphins Speak Whale in Their Sleep?
"I have heard sounds in the field that sound quite a bit like the [whalelike sounds]," he says. In addition, he says, dolphins make so many different sounds that it's ... «Science AAAS, Jan 12»
3
Fossils Don't Lie: Why Darwinism Is False
It is a fossil skull from a wolf-sized creature called Pakicetus, which is bit more whalelike than Indohyus." On the page separating these two paragraphs is a ... «Discovery Institute, Apr 09»

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