calf roping | capturing a calf with a lasso and binding its feet |
whale shark Rhincodon typus | large spotted shark of warm surface waters worldwide, resembles a whale and feeds chiefly on plankton |
calf | young of domestic cattle |
calf | young of various large placental mammals e.g. whale or giraffe or elephant or buffalo |
whale louse | amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans |
whale | any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
baleen whale whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
right whale | large Arctic whalebone whale, allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
bowhead bowhead whale Greenland whale Balaena mysticetus | large-mouthed Arctic whale |
blue whale sulfur bottom Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known, bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere |
finback finback whale fin whale common rorqual Balaenoptera physalus | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat, of Atlantic and Pacific |
sei whale Balaenoptera borealis | similar to but smaller than the finback whale |
lesser rorqual piked whale minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific |
humpback humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
grey whale gray whale devilfish Eschrichtius gibbosus Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
toothed whale | any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc. |
sperm whale cachalot black whale Physeter catodon | large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil, also a source of ambergris |
pygmy sperm whale Kogia breviceps | small sperm whale of warm waters of both coasts of North America |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
beaked whale | any of several whales inhabiting all oceans and having beaklike jaws with vestigial teeth in the upper jaw |
bottle-nosed whale bottlenose whale bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus | northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead |
killer whale killer orca grampus sea wolf Orcinus orca | predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin, common in cold seas |
pilot whale black whale common blackfish blackfish Globicephala melaena | small darkolored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States, the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school |
white whale beluga Delphinapterus leucas | small northern whale that is white when adult |
whale sucker whalesucker Remilegia australis | large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins |
golden calf | (Old Testament) an idol made by Aaron for the Israelites to worship, destroyed by Moses, it is now used to refer to anything worshipped undeservedly |
calf sura | the muscular back part of the shank |
fibula calf bone | the outer and thinner of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle |
puppy love calf love crush infatuation | temporary love of an adolescent |
calf's-foot jelly | a savory jelly made with gelatin obtained by boiling calves' feet |
calves' liver calf's liver | liver of a calf used as meat |
calf's brain | the brain of a calf eaten as meat |
calf's tongue | the tongue of a calf eaten as meat |
calves' feet | feet of calves used as food, usually jellied |
giant hulk heavyweight whale | a very large person, impressive in size or qualities |
calf calfskin | fine leather from the skin of a calf |
box calf | black calfskin leather tanned with chromium salts |
whale oil train oil | a white to brown oil obtained from whale blubber, formerly used as an illuminant |
whale | hunt for whales |