"whale watching" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} whale watching (uncountable)
  1. The practice of observing whales and other cetaceans in their natural habitat. Wikipedia link: whale watching Tags: uncountable Categories (lifeform): Cetaceans Translations (observing whales in their natural habitat): 觀賞鯨魚 /观赏鲸鱼 (guānshǎng jīngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀鯨 /观鲸 (guānjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 賞鯨 /赏鲸 (shǎngjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), valaiden katselu (Finnish), valaiden tarkkailu (Finnish), observation des baleines [feminine] (French), Walbeobachtung [feminine] (German), hvalaskoðun [feminine] (Icelandic), ホエールウォッチング (hoēru wotchingu) (Japanese), наблюде́ние за кита́ми (nabljudénije za kitámi) [neuter] (Russian)
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