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• whale|boat — «HWAYL BOHT», noun. a long, narrow rowboat, with a pointed bow and stern, formerly much used in whaling, now used as a lifeboat …   Useful english dictionary

• whale-boat — velbotas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Irklinė jūrvaltė su rėjine tiesiąja bure; siaura, smailais galais, lengva, eikli, apvirtusi neskęsta. Ilgis iki 10 m, keliamoji galia iki 3 t. Naudojamas žmonėms gelbėti. Iki XX a.… …   Sporto terminų žodynas

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• Whale song — is the sound made by whales to communicate. The word song is used in particular to describe the pattern of regular and predictable sounds made by some species of whales, notably the humpback. This is included with or in comparison with music, and …   Wikipedia

• Whale surfacing behaviour — Whales exhibit various types of behaviour when they surface. This article describes the different behaviours commonly observed at sea and the possible reasons for the behaviour.Breaching, lunging and porpoisingA breach or a lunge is a leap out of …   Wikipedia

• Whale Cove, Nunavut — Whale Cove (ᑎᑭᕋᕐᔪᐊᖅ in Inuktitut syllabics) ( Tikiraqjuaq , meaning long point ), is a hamlet located convert|45|mi|km|0 south of Rankin Inlet, convert|100|mi|km|0 north of Arviat, in Kivalliq Region, Nunavut, Canada, on the western shore of… …   Wikipedia

• Whale watching — off the coast of Bar Harbor, Maine Whale watching is the practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Whales are watched most commonly for recreation (cf. bird watching) but the activity can also serve scientific or… …   Wikipedia

• boat — Synonyms and related words: almadia, argosy, ark, auto, autocar, automobile, auxiliary, barge, bark, bottom, bucket, buggy, bus, buss, canoe, car, cargo boat, carry sail, cart, cat, catamaran, circumnavigate, coach, coast, cockle, cockleshell,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• whale watching — /ˈweɪl wɒtʃɪŋ/ (say wayl woching) noun the pastime of looking out for and observing whales as they pass in the ocean, either from a headland or a boat. –whale watcher, noun …  

• whale watch — noun, pl ⋯ watches [count] : a trip that people take on a boat in order to see whales coming up to the surface of the water …   Useful english dictionary

• USS Whale (SS-239) — USS Whale (SS 239), a Gato class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the whale, an extremely large, aquatic mammal that is fishlike in form. Her keel was laid down on 28 June 1941 by the Mare Island Naval… …   Wikipedia