blubber
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Dolphins continue to be poached for their flesh and blubber, from which oil is extracted to use as fishing bait.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2025
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
Typically, testing for DDT looks for four to eight chemicals, but a 2016 paper co-authored by Hoh and Aluwihare identified 45 DDT-related chemicals in the blubber of dolphins from off the coast of Southern California.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2024
Their floe was soon dirty with blubber soot, dog droppings, sealskins, penguin heads, and other garbage, but the men all adjusted to a new set of standards without complaint.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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