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blue whale en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A whale (Balaenoptera musculus), blue in color and the largest known living animal.
   • But there are a rabble of uncertain, fugitive half-fabulous whales, which as an American whaleman, I know by reputation, but not personally....the Iceberg whale; the Quog Whale; the Blue Whale. But I omit them as altogether obsolete and can hardly help suspecting them for mere sounds full of leviathanism, but signifying nothing. 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 131:

Forms

Deriveds

pygmy blue whale

Synonyms

sulfur-bottom whale · sulphur bottom whale

Translations (62)

fr rorqual de Sibbald (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ru голубо́й кит (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · as নীলা তিমি (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ml നീലത്തിമിംഗിലം (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · be блакітны кіт (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · nn blåkval (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ro balenă uriașă (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · te నీలి తిమింగలం (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mn хөх судалт халим (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · fi sinivalas (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · sv blåval (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ca rorqual blau (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · es ballena azul (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · sl sinji kit (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · es rorcual azul (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ja 白長須鯨 (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · fo royður (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · th วาฬสีน้ำเงิน (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · hu óriás bálna (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · nb blåhval (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · de Blauwal (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · sw nyangumi buluu (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · id paus biru (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · hu kék bálna (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · acy latn (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · nb blåkval (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · pl płetwal błękitny (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · fr baleine bleue (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · is steypireyður (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · af blouwalvis (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ru си́ний полоса́тик (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · fr rorqual bleu (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ru голубо́й полоса́тик (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · nl blauwe vinvis (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mt balena bluna (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ru блюва́л (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ko 대왕고래 (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ro balenă albastră (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · it balenottera azzurra (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · az göy balina (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · uk синій кит (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · cs plejtvák obrovský (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · vi cá voi xanh (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · el γαλάζια φάλαινα (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mt balena kaħla (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ru си́ний кит (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · et sinivaal (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · sk vráskavec obrovský (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · kl tunnulik (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · pt baleia-azul (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ca balena blava (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · cmn 藍鯨 /蓝鲸 (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mn ᠬᠥᠬᠡ ᠰᠤᠳᠠᠯᠲᠤ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · chr ᎠᏌᎪᏂᎨ ᏓᏆ (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ms paus biru (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · he לִוְיָתָן כָּחוֹל (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mn ᠴᠡᠩᠬᠡᠷ ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠮᠤ (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · da blåhval (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · mn цэнхэр халим (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · ky көк кит (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · eo blua baleno (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus) · tr gök balina (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus)