whalelike

English

Etymology

From whale +‎ -like.

Adjective

whalelike (comparative more whalelike, superlative most whalelike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a whale.
    • 1995 September, Gregory Benford, “The Place of Angry Gods”, in Sailing Bright Eternity (The Galactic Center Novels; 6), New York, N.Y.: Spectra, →ISBN, page 15:
      But there were others, too. Whalelike things that glided serenely through murky depths, warmed by a radioactive core they had assembled in the moon’s core.
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