Meanings
adjectivewhalelike (comparative more whalelike, superlative most whalelike)
comparative more whalelike · superlative most whalelike
- Resembling or characteristic of a whale.
But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core.
1995 September, Gregory Benford, “The Place of Angry Gods”, in Sailing Bright Eternity (The Galactic Center Novels; 6), New York, N.Y.: Spectra, →ISBN, page 15
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian китоподо́бен
- китоподо́бен (kitopodóben)Translations
Polish wielorybi
- wielorybiTranslations
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APA
whalelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalelike
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“whalelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whalelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whalelike.
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