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In natural English speech, "whale" appears in contexts such as: "like human fingerprints no two tails are the same that information is passed on to researchers who use it to track the whale's movements photo identification is one of the main tools for studying World populations these days uh it can give you insights into the life history of individuals but". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

IPA/ˈweɪl/

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like human fingerprints no two tails are the same that information is passed on to researchers who use it to track the

whale's movements photo identification is one of the main tools for studying World populations

these days uh it can give you insights into the life history of individuals but

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noun

Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.

“Near-synonym: baleen (obsolete sense)”

Synonyms:baleen

noun

Any species of Cetacea, including dolphins and porpoises.

“The dawn of the oil age was fairly recent. Although the stuff was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East 6,000 years ago, extracting it in earnest began only in 1859 after an oil strike in Pennsylvania.[…]It was used to make kerosene, the main fuel for artificial lighting after overfishing led to a shortage of whale blubber.”

Synonyms:cetacean

verb

To hunt for whales.

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