Definitions for blue whale
blue whale

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculusnoun

   largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

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1. blue whalenoun

   A whale (Balaenoptera musculus), blue in colour/color and the largest known living animal.

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1. Blue Whale

   The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal and a baleen whale. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 ft) and weighing up to 199 tonnes (196 long tons; 219 short tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. The blue whale's long and slender body can be of various shades of greyish-blue dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. Four subspecies are recognized: B. m. musculus in the North Atlantic and North Pacific, B. m. intermedia in the Southern Ocean, B. m. brevicauda (the pygmy blue whale) in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean, B. m. indica in the Northern Indian Ocean. There is also a population in the waters off Chile that may constitute a fifth subspecies. In general, blue whale populations migrate between their summer feeding areas near the poles and their winter breeding grounds near the tropics. There is also evidence of year-round residencies, and partial or age/sex-based migration. Blue whales are filter feeders; their diet consists almost exclusively of krill. They are generally solitary or gather in small groups, and have no well-defined social structure other than mother-calf bonds. The fundamental frequency for blue whale vocalizations ranges from 8 to 25 Hz and the production of vocalizations may vary by region, season, behavior, and time of day. Orcas are their only natural predators. The blue whale was once abundant in nearly all the Earth's oceans until the end of the 19th century. It was hunted almost to the point of extinction by whalers until the International Whaling Commission banned all blue whale hunting in 1966. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed blue whales as endangered as of 2018. It continues to face numerous man-made threats such as ship strikes, pollution, ocean noise and climate change.

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1. blue whale

   A blue whale is a species of marine mammal, scientifically known as Balaenoptera musculus. It is the largest creature ever known to have lived on Earth, growing up to approximately 100 feet in length and weighing up to 200 tons. It is characterized by its elongated body which is blue to greyish-blue in color, and a small dorsal fin situated towards the rear of the body. Blue whales are baleen whales, meaning they feed by filtering small ocean creatures like krill through baleen plates in their mouths. They are known for their powerful and melodious songs, which can travel significant distances underwater. They are also a globally protected species due to threats caused by hunting and habitat damage.

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1. Blue whale

   The blue whale is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At 30 metres in length and 170 tonnes or more in weight, it is the largest known animal to have ever existed. Long and slender, the blue whale's body can be various shades of bluish-grey dorsally and somewhat lighter underneath. There are at least three distinct subspecies: B. m. musculus of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, B. m. intermedia of the Southern Ocean and B. m. brevicauda found in the Indian Ocean and South Pacific Ocean. B. m. indica, found in the Indian Ocean, may be another subspecies. As with other baleen whales, its diet consists almost exclusively of small crustaceans known as krill. Blue whales were abundant in nearly all the oceans on Earth until the beginning of the twentieth century. For over a century, they were hunted almost to extinction by whalers until protected by the international community in 1966. A 2002 report estimated there were 5,000 to 12,000 blue whales worldwide, located in at least five groups. More recent research into the Pygmy subspecies suggests this may be an underestimate. Before whaling, the largest population was in the Antarctic, numbering approximately 239,000. There remain only much smaller concentrations in each of the eastern North Pacific, Antarctic, and Indian Ocean groups. There are two more groups in the North Atlantic, and at least two in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blue whale in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blue whale in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of blue whale in a Sentence

1. Attila Hevesi:

   The two are not on the same page, it is like a dolphin versus a blue whale. But maybe even a dolphin is an exaggeration.

2. Jeremy Goldbogen:

   First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

3. Patrick Dykstra:

   We also don’t settle for merelyseeing a blue whale, or even seeing one underwater, we are always seeking that ‘take your breath away’ life changing up close encounter that you will remember for the rest of your life.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blue whale
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blue_Whale
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Whale
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5. ^ Wikidata
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