* MARINE MAMMALS: WHALES, DOLPHINS, etc. * ORC a marine mammal [n -S] : ORCA SEI a {rorqual=n} [n -S] ULU an Eskimo knife [n -S] AGLU agloo (an air hole through the ice made by a seal) [n -S] BLUB to {blubber=v} [v BLUBBED, BLUBBING, BLUBS] : BLUBBER ORCA {orc=n} [n -S] PLEW a beaver skin [n -S] SEAL to close or make secure against access, leakage, or passage [v -ED, -ING, -S] : SEALABLE [adj], RESEAL UNSEAL, SEALER(s) AGLOO an air hole through the ice made by a seal [n AGLOOS] : AGLU(s) MINKE a small whale [n -S] OTTER a carnivorous mammal [n -S] SWILE a seal (a marine mammal) [n -S] : SWILER(s) SWILING(s) WHALE to engage in the hunting of whales (large marine mammals) [v WHALED, WHALING, WHALES] : WHALER(s), WHALING(s) YAPOK {yapock=n} [n -S] BALEEN whalebone [n -S] BEAVER to work hard [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BEAVERBOARD(s) DESMAN an aquatic mammal [n -S] DUGONG an aquatic mammal [n -S] FLENCH to {flense=v} [v -ED, -ING, -ES] FLENSE to strip the blubber or skin from [v FLENSED, FLENSING, FLENSES] : FLENSER(s) MERMAN a legendary marine creature [n MERMEN] : MERMAID MOUTON sheepskin processed to resemble seal or beaver [n -S] MUKTUK whale skin used for food [n -S] NARWAL {narwhal=n} [n -S] : NARWAL NARWHAL NARWHALE SEALER one that {seals=v} [n -S] SELKIE a creature in Scottish and Irish folklore that can change from a seal to a human form [n -S] : SILKIE(s) SILKIE {selkie=n} [n -S] SWILER one that hunts seals [n -S] WALRUS a marine mammal [n -ES] WHALER a person engaged in whaling [n -S] YAPOCK an aquatic mammal [n -S] : YAPOK BOWHEAD an arctic whale [n -S] BLUBBER to weep noisily [v -ED, -ING, -S] : BLUBBERY, BLUBBERER(s) COWFISH an aquatic mammal [n -ES] DOLPHIN a marine mammal [n -S] FINBACK the {rorqual=n} [n -S] FLENSER one that {flenses=v} [n -S] FLIPPER a broad, flat limb adapted for swimming [n -S] GRAMPUS a marine mammal [n -ES] LOBTAIL (of a whale) to slap its tail against the surface of the water [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LOBTAILING(s) MANATEE an aquatic mammal [n -S] : MANATOID [adj] MERMAID a legendary marine creature [n -S] : MERMAN NARWHAL an arctic aquatic mammal [n -S] : NARWAL NARWHAL NARWHALE PHOCINE pertaining to seals [adj] PLATYPI [n] RORQUAL a large whale [n -S] SEALERY the occupation of hunting seals [n -ERIES] SEALING the hunting of seals [n -S] : SWILING(s) SWILING the activity of hunting seals [n -S] : SEALING(s) WHALING the industry of hunting and processing whales [n -S] BEDLAMER a young harp seal (an aquatic mammal) [n -S] BLUBBERY fat; swollen [adj] CACHALOT a large whale [n -S] CETACEAN an aquatic mammal [n -S] : CETACEOUS CETOLOGY the study of whales [n -GIES] : CETOLOGIST(s) DUCKBILL a {platypus=n} [n -S] HUMPBACK a humped back [n -S] : HUMPBACKED NARWHALE {narwhal=n} [n -S] : NARWAL NARWHAL NARWHALE PINNIPED a mammal with limbs modified into flippers [n -S] PLATYPUS an aquatic mammal [n -PUSES or -PI] PORPOISE an aquatic mammal [n -S] / to swim through the water like a porpoise [v -SED -SES -SING] SEALABLE [adj] : RESEALABLE SEALLIKE resembling a seal (an aquatic mammal) [adj] SEALSKIN the skin of a seal [n -S] SEECATCH an adult male fur seal [n -CATCHIE] SIRENIAN any of an order of aquatic mammals [n -S] VIBRISSA one of the stiff hairs growing about the mouth of certain mammals [n -SAE] : VIBRISSAL WHALEMAN a {whaler=n} [n WHALEMEN] BLUBBERER [n -S] WHALEBACK [n -S] WHALEBOAT [n -S] WHALEBONE [n -S] WHALELIKE [adj] CETOLOGIST [n -S] GOLDENSEAL an herb in the buttercup family [n -S] OTTERHOUND [n -S] SPERMACETI [n -S] DOLPHINFISH (yes, this is a fish, not a mammal...) [n -ES] * List compiled from OWL3 + OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka