Sulfur Bottom (Noun)
Meaning
Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The blue whale tends to dive to great depths in search of krill, using the seafloor's sulfur bottom for its krill-based food source.
- In some areas with rich sulfur bottom, the blue whale manages to filter krill before it settles on the ocean floor.
- After a period of krill hunting near a sulfur bottom, the bluish-grey whale emerges with an especially plump layer.
- During one expedition, a researcher collected a sulfur bottom sediment core, hoping to study blue whale feeding patterns and habitats.
- One specific bluish blue whale specimen was known to go for krill located near a sulfur bottom environment, rich in decaying organic matter.