Sentences with phrase «called blubber»

A thick layer of fat called blubber insulates them from cold ocean waters.

Howard Rosenbaum, director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Ocean Giants Program, told Live Science that, for many marine mammal species, a thick layer of fat called blubber is «first and foremost» in their list of defenses against the cold.

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Then his tear ducts overflowed, and he endured what Brits call «a spot of blubbering» before choking out the rest of his answer.

Eubalaena glacialis, the North Atlantic right whale — so - called by 18th century whalers because it was easy to kill and rich in valuable blubber — is one of three right whale species.

Beef, goat meat, dolphin blubber, vegetables and fruit — even a bunch of grapes, for example — were gratefully received and gobbled down by these fish, living in or around a canyon called the Valencia trench, midway between Barcelona, Spain, and the Balearic Islands.

She felt the sting of people calling her thighs «blubber.»

(ref) More importantly, many of us do not realize that fat is not just blubber; it is a living organ that secretes compounds called adipokines that directly affect your cat's pancreas and health.

Gulls flocked to find remnants of whale blubber, called maktak, and 50 yards away, the ocean gently rocked against the course black sandy shoreline, which is not much of a beach anymore with the rising waters from warming oceans and melting ice.

I called my best friend and blubbered the terrible news.