"whalesong" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whalesongs [plural]
Etymology: whale + song Etymology templates: {{compound|en|whale|song}} whale + song Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} whalesong (usually uncountable, plural whalesongs)
  1. The sounds through which whales communicate. Wikipedia link: whalesong Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Animal sounds Categories (lifeform): Whales

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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