About 30 results for ‘Whale’
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Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti. This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga whale. The other Cetacean suborder Mysticeti are filter feeders that eat small organisms caught by straining seawater through a comblike structure found in the mouth called baleen. This suborder includes the blue whale, the humpback whale, the bowhead whale and the minke whale. All Cetacea have forelimbs modified as fins, a tail with horizontal flukes, and nasal openings (blowholes) on top of the head. Whales range in size from the blue whale, the largest animal known ever to have existed at 30 m (98 ft) and 180 tonnes (180 long tons; 200 short tons), to various pygmy species, such as the pygmy sperm whale at 3.5 m (11 ft). Whales collectively inhabit all the world's oceans and number in the millions, with annual population growth rate estimates for various species ranging from 3% to 13%. For centuries, whales have been hunted for meat and as a source of raw materials. By the middle of the 20th century, however, industrial whaling had left many species seriously endangered, leading to the end of whaling in all but a few countries.
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NOTRE-DAME / DE DELIVRANCE (titre inscrit, français, alle...
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Alcohol intoxication
- Altar
- Angel
- Aureola
- Beatific vision
- Bedding
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LA MISE AU TOMBEAU
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cave
- Entombment of Christ
- Flower
- Garden
- Jonah
- Mary (mother of Jesus)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Designation:
- bol (paire, élément) | Amsterdams Bont
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Littoral zone
- Man
- Peasant
- Whale
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Field(s):
- Furniture
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- Designation:
- coffre
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- Portrayed subject:
- Capital (architecture)
- Jonah
- Pilaster
- Whale
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- Date:
- 16th century
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Pêche de la baleine, harponnement
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- Field(s):
- Basque Country (greater region)
- Ethnology
- Hunting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fishing
- Harpoon
- Newfoundland (island)
- Whale
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- Date:
- 19th century
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La baleine franche
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- Field(s):
- Basque Country (greater region)
- Ethnology
- Hunting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Whale
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- Date:
- 18th century
- 19th century
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Approche de la baleine, pêche au harpon
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- Field(s):
- Basque Country (greater region)
- Ethnology
- Hunting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fishing
- Harpoon
- Newfoundland (island)
- Whale
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Autre manière de tuer la baleine, pêche au canon
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- Field(s):
- Basque Country (greater region)
- Ethnology
- Hunting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Cannon
- Fishing
- Newfoundland (island)
- Whale
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Felice Ficherelli
Le prophète Jonas sortant de la baleine
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Federico Zuccari
Le signe d'Andromède, de la Baleine, du Cheval
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Constellation
- Horse
- Sphere
- Whale
- Woman
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
Jonas et Jérémie assis, les yeux levés au ciel
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Alutiiq people
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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- Designation:
- masque (anthropomorphe)
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- Artist(s):
- Alutiiq people
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
- Indigenous peoples of the Americas
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- Designation:
- masque (anthropomorphe) | masque-planchette
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- Field(s):
- Decorative arts
- Studio glass
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- Designation:
- verre (à pied)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Pêche de la baleine
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- Field(s):
- History
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fishing
- Harpoon
- Man
- Newfoundland (island)
- Whale
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Felice Ficherelli
Le prophète Jonas rejeté par la Baleine
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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