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Blubber :: Blubber (n.) The fat of whales and other large sea animals from which oil is obtained. It lies immediately under the skin and over the muscular flesh.

Whirlpool :: Whirlpool (n.) A sea monster of the whale kind.

Footing :: Footing (n.) The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil..

Physeter :: Physeter (n.) The genus that includes the sperm whale.

Whaler :: Whaler (n.) A vessel or person employed in the whale fishery.

Sperm Whale :: Sperm whale () A very large toothed whale (Physeter macrocephalus), having a head of enormous size. The upper jaw is destitute of teeth. In the upper part of the head, above the skull, there is a large cavity, or case, filled with oil and spermaceti. This whale sometimes grows to the length of more than eighty feet. It is found in the warmer parts of all the oceans. Called also cachalot, and spermaceti whale..

Stunted :: Stunt (n.) Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber..

Whaleboat :: Whaleboat (n.) A long, narrow boat, sharp at both ends, used by whalemen..

Laemodipoda :: Laemodipoda (n. pl.) A division of amphipod Crustacea, in which the abdomen is small or rudimentary and the legs are often reduced to five pairs. The whale louse, or Cyamus, and Caprella are examples..

Diodon :: Diodon (n.) A genus of whales.

Limacina :: Limacina (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales..

Finback :: Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus..

Finfish :: Finfish (n.) A finback whale.

Lash :: Lash (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail..

Cetic :: Cetic (a.) Of or pertaining to a whale.

Skullfish :: Skullfish (n.) A whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.

Fin :: Fin (n.) A blade of whalebone.

Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) The nostril, or one of the nostrils, of whales, porpoises, and allied animals..

Grayback :: Grayback (n.) The California gray whale.

Train Oil :: Train oil () Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling..

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