"whalefall" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From whale + fall, possibly modelled after snowfall. Compare also marine snow.",
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      "form": "whalefalls",
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          "ref": "2007 December 18, Henry Fountain, “Whales Are Tasty, but Bone-Eating Worms Might Not Discriminate”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls.",
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        "A whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor."
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          "floor",
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