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 Definitions of blue whale  [ˈbluˌwid]  

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Definition of 'blue whale' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) blue whale
a baleen whale, Balaenoptera musculus, having furrowed, slate-blue skin: at up to 100 ft. (30.5 m) long, the largest mammal ever known.

Etymology:  (1795–1805; blue+ -y2; so called because usu. wrapped in a blue blanket )

Definition of 'blue whale' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus
largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

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