Whalefall

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor.

    "But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls."

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"But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls."

Etymology

From whale + fall, possibly modelled after snowfall. Compare also marine snow.

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