English Dictionary

Definition of “blue whale”

blue whale

the largest mammal: a widely distributed bluish-grey whalebone whale, Sibbaldus (or Balaenoptera) musculus, closely related and similar to the rorquals: family Balaenopteridae Also called: sulphur-bottom

Actor Alfred Molina suggests to Vanity Fair that only ethnicity and gender have kept Salma Hayek from being the size of a blue whale.

Toronto Sun (2003)

Although when Kerry Presswood came on it was more like the sea, wasn't it, because she looked like a great blue whale dancing around.

Adams, Ken Samson Superslug

Hunting has reduced the planet's largest creature, the blue whale , to just 1 per cent of its original 300,000.

The Advertiser, Sunday Mail (2004)

In summer it is a playground of the largest creature on the planet, the blue whale.

Glasgow Herald (2001)

Like the blue whale , many aquatic organisms filter plankton.

McCahill, T. A. Biology Basic Facts

On the third evening I saw a blue whale close up, gliding through the next swell to us, magnificent and absolutely huge.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

Random Facts Elephants, on average, weigh less than a blue whale 's tongue.

Maxim (2005)

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