whaler
suomi-englanti sanakirjawhaler englannista suomeksi
valaanpyyntialus
valaanpyytäjä
Substantiivi
whaler englanniksi
One who hunts whales; a person employed in the whaling industry.
{{quote-text|en|year=1890|title=Century Illustrated Magazine|section=XL, 511
{{quote-journal|en|date=June 5 1986|author=Jeremy Cherfas|title=What price whales?|journal=New Scientist|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YjdP03cy6rQC&pg=PA36&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QSi5UODWFqHkmAW3moGwBg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&f=false|page=36
{{quote-book|en|year=2001|author=Lawrence J. Cunningham; Janice J. Beaty|title=A History of Guam|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bkaLkgHEFvIC&pg=PA170&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QSi5UODWFqHkmAW3moGwBg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&f=false|page=170
A seagoing vessel used for hunting whales.
{{quote-text|en|year=1863|author=Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell|title=Sylvia′s Lovers|section=v
{{quote-book|en|year=1995|author=Robert F. Rogers|title=Destiny′s Landfall: A History of Guam|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AEn9J3tXFS8C&pg=PA98&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EC65UIHYKavqmAXsgoGIAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&f=false|page=98
{{quote-book|en|year=2001|author=Arabella McIntyre-Brown|title=Liverpool: The First 1,000 years|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=lZpv_5a7sNUC&pg=PA79&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EC65UIHYKavqmAXsgoGIAg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22&f=false|page=79
One who whales (flogs or beats).
A large, strong person.
Any shark of the family (taxfmt); a shark.
{{quote-book|en|year=1997|author=John Ernest Randall; Gerald R Allen; Roger C. Steene|title=Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef|edition=2nd|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q2suD8z5um4C&pg=PA17&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22+shark&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GQa4UJrRJI2WmQWbvYCYAw&redir_esc=y|page=17
2003, Mark Thornley, Veda Dante, Peter Wilson, ''Action Guide: Surfing Australia'', Tuttle Publishing, HK, page 264,
- The whaler shark family, which includes the grey reef shark ((taxlink)),silvertip ((taxlink)), bull shark ((taxfmt)) and bronze whaler ((taxlink)) are fast moving, territorial and have bitten divers snd surfers in the past.
{{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Alan Murphy; Justin Flynn; Olivia Pozzan; Paul Harding|title=Queensland & the Great Barrier Reef|edition=5th|publisher=Lonely Planet|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Ge2pY-YAZxsC&pg=PA219&dq=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22+shark&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Ax25UL6DOuf6mAXDyoCgDg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22whaler%22%7C%22whalers%22%20shark&f=false|page=219
{{quote-journal|en|date=August 12 1893|journal=Sydney Morning Herald