gams
- noun
- /ɡæmz/
- Archaic
:
grupo de ballenas
- During the expedition, we spotted a group of gams breaching the surface, their massive bodies creating a spectacular sight.
Examples
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In historical texts, a pod of gams was often described as gathering to feed in warmer waters.
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The old sailor recounted tales of the massive gams he had seen during his adventures at sea.
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It was a whole group of Phi Gams, roaming from room to room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Dixie eyed me expectantly, thinking I meant one of the Phi Gams, since several of them had that nickname.
Fiction book (1991) -
It was not the role I'd had in mind, but it was better than nothing, affording me at least a certain status among the girls at school; and the Phi Gams always saw to it that I attended all the big parties, usually with somebody whose girlfriend couldn't make it.
Fiction book (1991)
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Etymology
Gams for a group of whales comes from old whaling slang where a gam was a meeting at sea. Sailors used the same word for gatherings of whales, so gams means a group of whales.