gannet whale
n.— «In their vision, humans become extinct in an Ice Age 5 million years from now. “Shagrats,” or giant rodents, and “gannet whales,” large aquatic birds, have evolved during this stretch of time.» —“King rat and the brilliant squibbon” by Miguel Llanos MSNBC May 2, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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