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blubber

[bluhb-er] / ˈblʌb ər /
VERB
cry noisily
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STRONGEST
WEAK


NOUN
animal or human fat
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A more definitive answer, however, will have to wait until he receives results from blood, blubber and tissue samples collected from the whale.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2025

The daughter of a disgraced house, Valya isn’t content to accept her family’s banishment to a life peddling whale fur and blubber.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

On the business end, there is a 3cm metal tip that plucks a piece of skin and blubber from the whale’s body.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2024

They swim slowly and near shore, have thick blubber and float when killed, according to Jessica Crance, a research biologist with the Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2024

The genetic information includes how to convert plankton into blubber; or how to hold your breath on a dive one kilometer below the surface.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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