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sulphur-bottom

[ suhl-fer-bot-uhm ]

sulphur-bottom

noun

  1. another name for blue whale
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sulphur-bottom1

First recorded in 1775–85
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Example Sentences

Grenfell helped take to pieces a "sulphur-bottom" whale ninety-five feet long, supposed to weigh nearly 300,000 pounds.

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