whale shark vs whale
Definitions
noun
- large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide; resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton
Examples
August / September: Second plankton bloom of the year, with more reliable sightings of mantas and whale sharks, but visibility can be variable and potentially poor.
The basking shark and whale shark are killed mainly for their fins and meat, and the great white shark for its jaws and teeth, he said.
In March and April each year, the rich waters also serve as a way station on the migratory path of bus-sized whale sharks.
Definitions
noun
- a very large person; impressive in size or qualities
- any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
verb
- hunt for whales
Examples
We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news.
Back on the boat and heading to shore, we spotted a spout, a fin and then the flukes of a humpback whale.
In 100 days we saw two pods of dolphins, a pod of blue whales and a few marine birds.
