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sulphur-bottom

[ suhl-fer-bot-uh m ]

/ ˈsʌl fərˌbɒt əm /

noun

blue whale.

Origin of sulphur-bottom

First recorded in 1775–85

Words nearby sulphur-bottom

sulphur butterfly, sulphur dioxide, sulphur springs, sulphur trioxide, sulphur tuft, sulphur-bottom, sulphur-crested cockatoo, sulphur-flower, sulphurate, sulphureous, sulphuret

Example sentences from the Web for sulphur-bottom

Grenfell helped take to pieces a "sulphur-bottom" whale ninety-five feet long, supposed to weigh nearly 300,000 pounds.

Grenfell: Knight-Errant of the North |Fullerton Waldo

British Dictionary definitions for sulphur-bottom

sulphur-bottom

noun

another name for blue whale