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blue whale
noun
: a very large baleen whale (Balaenoptera musculus synonym Sibbaldus musculus) that may reach a weight of 150 tons (136 metric tons) and a length of 100 feet (30 meters) and is generally considered the largest living animal
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Richard Ellis, a polymath of marine life whose paintings, books and museum installations — especially the life-size blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History in New York — revealed the beauty and wonders of the ocean, died on May 21 in Norwood, N.J.
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 29 May 2024
But unlike other species of whales — such as humpbacks, grey whales and blue whales — populations of the North Pacific right whale have been much slower to recover.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
The scarred blue whale returned to the same bay for 15 years afterward.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
No other culture is known to have relied on blue whales so regularly.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
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Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 29 May 2024
But unlike other species of whales — such as humpbacks, grey whales and blue whales — populations of the North Pacific right whale have been much slower to recover.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024
The scarred blue whale returned to the same bay for 15 years afterward.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
No other culture is known to have relied on blue whales so regularly.
—Andrew Chapman, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2024
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“Blue whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20whale. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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