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whale meaning in Italian

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whale [whales] (large sea mammal)
noun
[UK: weɪl]
[US: ˈweɪl]

balenanoun
{f}
Is that a whale? = È una balena?

whale oil (oil or fat extracted from whale blubber)
noun

olio di balenanoun
{m}

whale shark [whale sharks] (Rhincodon typus)
noun

squalo balenanoun
{m}

whalebone (horny material from fringed plates of upper jaw of baleen whale)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪl.bəʊn]
[US: ˈweɪlboʊn]

fanonenoun
{m}

whaler [whalers] (person who hunts whales)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪ.lə(r)]
[US: ˈweɪ.lər]

balenierenoun
{m}

whaler [whalers] (vessel for hunting whales)
noun
[UK: ˈweɪ.lə(r)]
[US: ˈweɪ.lər]

balenieranoun
{f}

baleen whale [baleen whales] (whale of the Mysticeti suborder)
noun
[UK: bə.ˈliːn weɪl]
[US: bə.ˈliːn ˈweɪl]

balenidenoun
{m}

beaked whale (whales in the family Ziphiidae)
noun

zifidonoun
{m}

blue whale [blue whales] (a whale, Balaenoptera musculus)
noun
[UK: bluː weɪl]
[US: ˈbluː ˈweɪl]

balenottera azzurranoun
{f}

humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
noun
[UK: ˈhʌmp bæk weɪl]
[US: ˈhʌmp.ˌbæk ˈweɪl]

megatteranoun
{f}

killer whale [killer whales] (A sea mammal, Orcinus orca)
noun
[UK: ˈkɪ.lə.weɪl]
[US: ˈkɪ.lə.weɪl]

orcanoun
{f}

sei whale (whale of the rorqual family)
noun

balenottera borealenoun
{f}

sperm whale [sperm whales] (Physeter catodon)
noun
[UK: spɜːm weɪl]
[US: ˈspɝːm ˈweɪl]

capodoglionoun
{m}