blubber in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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The whaling method was based on landing the whale, where it would be partitioned and the blubber boiled.
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The spearhead is shaped in a manner which allows it to penetrate the thick layers of whale blubber and stick in the flesh.
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The most significant aspect of the refit was the addition of a trywork - an on-board hearth to convert blubber into whale oil.
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The body is usually insulated with a thick layer of fat called blubber and typically covered with hair.
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The special blubber-fired boilers had disappeared, apparently thrown overboard.
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The skin and blubber, known as muktuk, taken from the bowfin, beluga, or narwhal is also valued, and is eaten raw or cooked.
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Here they suffered severe privationsfrostbite, hunger, and dysentery, aggravated by extreme winds and low temperatures, and the discomfort of a blubber stove in confined quarters.
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Another threat to this species is pollution because many of them have shown signs of organochlorine residue on their blubber.
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The islanders have particularly valued blubber: both as food and for processing into oil, which they used for lighting fuel and other purposes.
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The purpose of whaling was largely to collect blubber.
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