Meanings
noundesert whale (plural desert whales)
plural desert whales
- gray whale
Sometimes it is called the desert whale because its winter mating and calving grounds lie along a desolate stretch of Mexico's Pacific shore.
1971 Mar, National Geographic, page 396
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desert whale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/desert%20whale
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