nonwhale

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ whale.

Adjective

nonwhale (not comparable)

1. Not related to whales, not a whale
   • 2002, S. Ferson, Mark A. Burgman, Quantitative methods for conservation biology, page 120:

     Subsequent to the decimation of stocks of the great whales, several nonwhale species also increased in abundance

   • 2007 December 25, Henry Fountain, “Researchers Find Animal That Links Whales to Land”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     What was still missing was the closest nonwhale ancestor, the animal that was the link to these early whales.