"landwhale" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-landwhale.ogg [Australia] Forms: landwhales [plural]
Etymology: land + whale Etymology templates: {{compound|en|land|whale}} land + whale Head templates: {{en-noun}} landwhale (plural landwhales)
  1. (slang, derogatory) An obese person. Tags: derogatory, slang Categories (topical): People Synonyms: fat person
    Sense id: en-landwhale-en-noun-TmMKiT07 Disambiguation of People: 94 6
  2. (slang) An excessively large motor vehicle. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Automobiles, Obesity, Vehicles
    Sense id: en-landwhale-en-noun-Cknuq8nV Disambiguation of Automobiles: 8 92 Disambiguation of Obesity: 40 60 Disambiguation of Vehicles: 5 95 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: land whale

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