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词条 Whale (disambiguation)
释义

  1. Places

     Extraterrestrial  United Kingdom  United States  Elsewhere 

  2. People

  3. Animals

  4. Arts, entertainment, and media

     Fictional entities  Films   Literature    Music   Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media 

  5. Military

  6. Sports

  7. Other uses

  8. See also

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A whale is a sea mammal.

Whale or The Whale may also refer to:

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Places

Extraterrestrial

  • Cetus, a constellation also known as "The Whale"
  • Cthulhu Regio on Pluto, unofficially called Whale

United Kingdom

  • Whale, Cumbria, England, a hamlet
  • Whale Island, Hampshire, England

United States

  • Whale Cove (Oregon)
  • Whale Lake, Minnesota
  • Whale Rock, Rhode Island

Elsewhere

  • Bay of Whales, Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica
  • Whale Cove, Nunavut, Canada
  • Whale Island, New Zealand
  • Whale Island, in the Torres Strait, Australia

People

  • Whale (surname)
  • Brian Roberts (Australian rules footballer), an Australian football player known as "The Whale"

Animals

  • Whale barnacle, a mollusk
  • Whale louse, a parasitic crustacean
  • Whale shark, a fish

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Whale (improbable), a minor character in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  • W.H.A.L.E., a fictional vehicle in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Tannin (monster), a Levantine sea monster translated as "whale" in the King James Version of the Bible
  • Tobias Whale, a comic book villain

Films

  • Whale (film), a 1970 Bulgarian comedy
  • The Whale (2011 film), a 2011 documentary film
  • The Whale (2013 film), a 2013 BBC television film

Literature

  • "The Whale" (poem), an Old English poem
  • The Whale, a 2012 stage play by Samuel D. Hunter.
  • Moby-Dick, Herman Melville's 1851 novel, also called The Whale
  • Whale Hunt in the Desert: Secrets of a Vegas Superhost, a 2009 non-fiction book by Deke Castleman, about Las Vegas casino hosts

Music

  • Whale (band), a Swedish alternative pop rock band
  • "The Whale" (Electric Light Orchestra song) on the album Out of the Blue
  • "The Whale" (Tavener), a dramatic cantata by the 20th-century English composer John Tavener
  • "Whale", a song by Yellow Ostrich from the album "Mistress"
  • "Whales", a song by Scale the Summit from the album The Collective

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • WAAL, pronounced "Whale", a New York radio station
  • "The Whale" (The Office), an episode of the US TV series The Office

Military

  • A-3 Skywarrior, a carrier-based aircraft nicknamed "The Whale"
  • Operation Whale, two aborted World War II-era German intelligence plans
  • {{USS|Whale}}, ships of the US Navy

Sports

  • Chicago Whales, a professional baseball team in the Federal League in 1914 and 1915
  • Connecticut Whale, a former American Hockey League team, now called the Hartford Wolf Pack
  • Hartford Whalers, a former NHL franchise nicknamed "The Whale"
  • Ingalls Rink, Yale University, an ice hockey rink commonly referred to as "The Whale"
  • Irish Whales or "The Whales", nickname of a group of Irish and Irish-American athletes who dominated weight-throwing events in the early 20th century

Other uses

  • Whale (computer virus), a malicious program
  • Whale (ship), a sloop which disappeared in 1816
  • "Whale", slang for high roller, a gambler who consistently wagers large amounts of money
  • Naver Whale, a Web browser
  • The Whale, a housing project by Danish West 8
  • Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE)

See also

  • Wael, Arabic surname
  • Wail, commune in France
  • Wale (disambiguation)
  • Wales (disambiguation)
  • Wales, a country of the United Kingdom
  • Whaling, the hunting of whales
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