Whalelike

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a whale.

    "But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core."

Example

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"But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core."

Etymology

From whale + -like.

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