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blue whale
noun
: a very large baleen whale (Balaenoptera musculus synonym Sibbaldus musculus) that may reach a weight of 150 tons (136 metric tons) and a length of 100 feet (30 meters) and is generally considered the largest living animal
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Some are easy to locate, like the General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park, with a trunk roughly three times the volume of a blue whale.
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AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
Future designs include sculptures inspired by sea stars and the heart of a blue whale.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Everything in Earth history to follow, then, is a variation on a theme—though there would be some rather elaborate variations, from T. rexes to blue whales.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The scientific community has now accepted that bacteria and archaea thrive in the subsurface, representing a massive biome that collectively outweighs more than 200 million blue whales, according to Lloyd’s calculations.
—Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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AFAR Media, 28 Oct. 2025
Future designs include sculptures inspired by sea stars and the heart of a blue whale.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2025
Everything in Earth history to follow, then, is a variation on a theme—though there would be some rather elaborate variations, from T. rexes to blue whales.
—Peter Brannen
august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
The scientific community has now accepted that bacteria and archaea thrive in the subsurface, representing a massive biome that collectively outweighs more than 200 million blue whales, according to Lloyd’s calculations.
—Laura Poppick, Quanta Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
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“Blue whale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blue%20whale. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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