blubber

Example Sentences

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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

Their evidence included finding stone harpoon points that hadn’t been used since the mid-1800s embedded in the blubber of whales recently killed by traditional whalers.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 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

The newborn calf doesn’t have enough blubber to float, so it needs to be carried along in its mother’s slipstream.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin