whaleling

plural whalelings · alternative whaling

1. A small or young whale.

   Their blood and body temperatures are warm and constant, and they bring forth living offspring — and produce milk to suckle their young whalelings with.

   1937, Henry Goddard Leach, Forum and century - Volume 97 - Page 108

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   I like to think that Old Grandma Sperm Whales tell bedtime stories to the little whalings all about the deviousness and monstrosity that humankind used to inflict upon their ancestors.

   2009, plasticactus.livejournal.com/1924.html?thread=4228

   My wife was a charming creature, and we were very happy, till one sad day, when she was playing with our child, – a sweet little whaleling only twelve feet long, and weighing but a ton, — my son was harpooned.

   1882, Louisa May Alcott, Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.