white whale

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   small northern whale that is white when adult

   SynonymsbelugaDelphinapterus leucas

   Broaderdolphin

   Part ofDelphinapterus

Questions about white whale

What does white whale mean?

white whale means "small northern whale that is white when adult".

What is another word for white whale?

Close synonyms include beluga, Delphinapterus leucas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white whale a common word?

white whale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.