whale hunt
Moby Dick's nemesis
A whale hunt is an expedition to kill whales, typically for their oil, meat, or other products.
The practice was once a major industry but is now heavily restricted by international agreements.
Figuratively, a whale hunt can describe pursuing a large or elusive target: The sales team is on a whale hunt for enterprise clients.
- thar she blowsWhaler's sighting announcement
- harpoonBarbed spear for whales
- harpoon gunDevice shooting barbed projectiles
- blubberMarine mammal fat
- Moby DickFictional white sperm whale
Ahab · spear · ocean · open sea · ship · factory ship · Nantucket · fluke · breach · blow hole · pod · ivory · scrimshaw · baleen · vessel · captain · voyage · sea
- huntingtracking, deer calls, stands, flushing, rifle
- huntssafari, stalking, cubbing, big game, deer season
- sea talespirate story, sea stories, sea story, mermaid tale, ghost ships
- Whalingharpoon gun, harpoon guns, flensing, harpooner, spermaceti
- Alaska NativesAleut, Unangan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Haida
- Arctic PeoplesInuit, Inuk, Aleut, Eskimo, Aleuts
marine harvesting activity type
whale huntshrimping
Harvesting small decapod crustaceans
fishing · crabbing · clamming · fly fishing · bait fishing
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