Meaning of antiwhale | Babel Free

Definitions

Opposing whales.

not-comparable

Examples

“Waquet designed everything for her safety: an anti-whale bar (‘Poor whale,’ said Edith) stretched between the prows of Koala III’s riggers and main hull, provided the first line of defence against mammalian interference.”

“Here you will encounter historical explanations of fishing techniques from around the world, plus such displays as an antiwhale harpoon gun and a giant Japanese crab.”

“This was followed by a commensurate growth of interest in the whale hunt on the part of the antiwhale-hunt activists, the end result being that the hunt began to develop a momentum of its own, with more unforeseeable outcomes, more controversies within the already existing ones.”

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame is not about the hypocrisy of archdeacons or the moral benefits of scoliosis, and Moby-Dick is not an antiwhale rant, per se.”

“The antiwhale campaign could still be plausibly framed as an attempt to preserve an endangered species rather than as an animal rights issue; after all, there was no doubt that certain species of great whales were threatened with extinction.”

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