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noun • (Old Testament) Jonah did not wish to become a prophet so God caused a great storm to throw him overboard from a ship; he was saved by being swallowed by a whale that vomited him out onto dry land • a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him • a book in the Old Testament that tells the story of Jonah and the whale | ||||||||
30% | 12 | Species of baleen whale also known as the gray whale | ||||||
noun • type and sole genus of the Eschrichtiidae | ||||||||
30% | 8 | Whale species often encountered in whale watching | ||||||
noun • an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column • a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine • large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives | ||||||||
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