"whales" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /weɪlz/, /hweɪlz/ (note: without the wine–whine merger)
enPR: wālz (note: without the wine–whine merger), hwālz (note: without the wine–whine merger) Rhymes: -eɪlz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} whales
  1. plural of whale Tags: form-of, plural Form of: whale
    Sense id: en-whales-en-noun-1OnqiTsa

Verb

IPA: /weɪlz/, /hweɪlz/ (note: without the wine–whine merger)
enPR: wālz (note: without the wine–whine merger), hwālz (note: without the wine–whine merger) Rhymes: -eɪlz Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} whales
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whale Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: whale
    Sense id: en-whales-en-verb-4EyM8-TN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96

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