nonwhale

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adjective

Not related to whales, not a whale

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Meanings

adjectivenonwhale (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot related to whales, not a whale

    What was still missing was the closest nonwhale ancestor, the animal that was the link to these early whales.

    2007 December 25, Henry Fountain, “Researchers Find Animal That Links Whales to Land”, in New York Times
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    Subsequent to the decimation of stocks of the great whales, several nonwhale species also increased in abundance

    2002, S. Ferson, Mark A. Burgman, Quantitative methods for conservation biology, page 120

Origin

From non- + whale.

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nonwhale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonwhale

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Chicago

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