whalefall

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A whale carcass that has fallen to the ocean floor.
    — But the ocean floor is not exactly wall-to-wall whalefalls.

词形变化

whalefalls plural

词源

From whale + fall, possibly modelled after snowfall. Compare also marine snow.
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