"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 (Chinese Mandarin), 观赏鲸鱼 (guānshǎng jīngyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 觀鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 观鲸 (guānjīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 賞鯨 (Chinese Mandarin), 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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