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Meaning of valis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Specialized
[valis]

Definitions

whale (large maritime mammals of the order Cetacea)

declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English whale

Examples

“dienvidu valis”

southern whale

“zilais valis”

blue whale

“vaļu medības”

whaling (lit. whale hunting)

“vaļu medību kuģis”

whaler (lit. whale hunting ship)

“lielākie mūsdienu zīdītāji, vaļi (dažu sugu īpatņi pat 30 m gari) ir pastāvīgi ūdens iemītnieki”

the largest modern mammals, whales (specimens of some species are up to 30m long) are permanent water inhabitants

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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