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WHALE-OIL
\wˈe͡ɪlˈɔ͡ɪl], \wˈeɪlˈɔɪl], \w_ˈeɪ_l_ˈɔɪ_l]\
Definitions of WHALE-OIL
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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From
blubber
of
various
kinds
of
whales.
1898
- American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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