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#*'''1987''', Udo Fries, ''The Structure of texts - Page 213'': |
#*'''1987''', Udo Fries, ''The Structure of texts - Page 213'': |
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#*: The project itself, in short, generates the need for figuration, itself compactly figured in the Swiss Army knife...in the amount of '''whalelore''' that might be considered, but there turns out to be no inherent limit to the number of cognitive strategies for knowledge about '''whalelore''' that might be tested. |
#*: The project itself, in short, generates the need for figuration, itself compactly figured in the Swiss Army knife...in the amount of '''whalelore''' that might be considered, but there turns out to be no inherent limit to the number of cognitive strategies for knowledge about '''whalelore''' that might be tested. |
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# The branch of zoology dealing with [[cetacean|cetaceans]], including [[dolphin|dolphins]] and [[porpoise|porpoises]] as well. |
# {{rfv-sense}} The branch of zoology dealing with [[cetacean|cetaceans]], including [[dolphin|dolphins]] and [[porpoise|porpoises]] as well. |
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Revision as of 09:22, 27 August 2014
English
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Etymology
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Noun
whalelore
- The knowledge, study, or science of whales.
- 1864, The North British review - Page 300:
- Member of the Danish Rigsdag, the king's sheriff in Faroe, a man of the simplest manners and most varied knowledge and intelligence, great in whalelore and fowllore, strong in deep- sea fishing, a great gatherer of strange over-sea waifs, [...]
- 1960, Michael Williams, Commonweal - Volume 72 - Page 235:
- A whale of a whale adventure on one of the few sailing vessels still occasionally in use. The author has packed standard ingredients into this story, including a fiendish captain, detailed information on whalelore and modern whaling methods.
- 1973, Analog science fiction/science fact - Volume 92, Issues 1-3 - Page 32:
- But his pretense to whalelore didn't even have an aficionado's sincerity.
- 1987, Udo Fries, The Structure of texts - Page 213:
- The project itself, in short, generates the need for figuration, itself compactly figured in the Swiss Army knife...in the amount of whalelore that might be considered, but there turns out to be no inherent limit to the number of cognitive strategies for knowledge about whalelore that might be tested.
- 1864, The North British review - Page 300:
- (Can we [[Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).#whalelore|verify]]([{{fullurl:Lua error in Module:languages/errorGetBy at line 16: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).|action=edit§ion=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-83f6eff8%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5Bwhalelore%23rfv-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7cwhalelore%5D%5D}} +]) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 276: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. The branch of zoology dealing with cetaceans, including dolphins and porpoises as well.
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study of cetaceans
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