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Brewer's: Whale
Not a fish, but a cetaceous mammal. A group of whales is called a school. The fat is called blubber. The female is called a cow…whaling
(Encyclopedia) whaling, the hunting of whales for the oil that can be rendered from their flesh, for meat, and for baleen (whalebone). Historically, whale oil was economically the most important.…Brewer's: Jonah and the Whale
Mr. Colbert, Professor of Astronomy in Chicago, in a chapter on “Star Grouping,” tells us that the whale referred to is the star-group “Cetus,” and that Jonah is the “Moon passing through…The Horseman on the Roof<span class="date" >(1995)</span>
Miramax; rental pricing; RDirector: Jean-Paul Rappeneau Cast: Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez France A swashbuckling love story, set against the background of a deadly cholera epidemic…New Bedford
(Encyclopedia) New Bedford, city (1990 pop. 99,922), seat of Bristol co., SE Mass., at the mouth of the Acushnet River on Buzzard's Bay; settled 1640, set off from Dartmouth 1787, inc. as a city 1847…Aesop's Fables: The Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat
by Aesop The Milkmaid and Her PailThe Fox and the MonkeyThe Dolphins, the Whales, and the Sprat The Dolphins quarrelled with the Whales, and before very long they began fighting with one…Upernavik
(Encyclopedia) UpernavikUpernavik&oobreve;pĕrˈnävĭk [key], town (1996 pop. 1,131), Upernavik dist., W Greenland, on a small island in Baffin Bay. It is an important sealing and whaling base.Stromness
(Encyclopedia) Stromness, town, on Mainland island, Orkney Islands, N Scotland. It has a harbor with shipyards and docks. Eggs are exported. In the 18th and 19th cent., Stromness was a whaling center…New London
(Encyclopedia) New London, city (1990 pop. 24,540), New London co., SE Conn., on the Thames River near its mouth on Long Island Sound; laid out 1646 by John Winthrop, inc. 1784. It is a deepwater…Nantucket
(Encyclopedia) NantucketNantucketnăntŭkˈĭt [key], island, c.14 mi (23 km) long, from 3 to 6 mi (4.8–9.6 km) wide, SE Mass., lying c.25 mi (40 km) S of Cape Cod, from which it is separated by…Trending
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