"whales" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /weɪlz/, /hweɪlz/ (note: without the wine–whine merger)
enPR: wālz, 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, 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, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 98
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "enpr": "hwālz",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hweɪlz/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪlz"
    },
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      "homophone": "wails"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Wales (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "whales"
}

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      "enpr": "hwālz",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
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      "ipa": "/hweɪlz/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪlz"
    },
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      "homophone": "wails"
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    }
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      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
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    },
    {
      "homophone": "wails"
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  "word": "whales"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/weɪlz/"
    },
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      "enpr": "hwālz",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hweɪlz/",
      "note": "without the wine–whine merger"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪlz"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "wails"
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    {
      "homophone": "Wales (wine–whine merger)"
    }
  ],
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