Whale

hwal, n. A very large fish-shaped air-breathing marine cetaceous mammal of several species Green land or right whale, the fin-backed whale, some other species feed upon minute mollusks, Sperm Whale. and live principally in northern seas, and yield train oil and whalebone; the right whale, when fully grown, tuis fr. 50 to 65 or 70 feet in length, and fr. 30 to 40 in of the circumference: the fin-backed whale, called also razor-backed whale and great northern rorqual, is prob. vicious, the longest animal in creation, sometimes exceeding 100 ft. in length: the sperm whale or cachalot, found; neesp. in the southern seas, feeds upon cuttlefish, etc., To yields spermaceti and sperm oil (but not whalebone), and is about 80 feet long.— Whale'bone, n. A firm, and elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the; Sorupper jaw of the right whale, etc., used as a stiffening in stays, fans, screens, etc.; baleen. — Whale'- — v. man, n.; pi. -men. A man employed in the whale- — now fishery.— Whafer, n. A ship or person employed in the whale-fishery.