Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Vocabulary builder #7: G is for Gam

A Gam is a large school of whales.

You will rarely heard this term used today... although it was in use in the 1970s.

That is the thing about terminology - some usage becomes out of date - but nevertheless must still be learned because when you read books about what other oceanographers or other ocean scientists have done, you'll need to recognize the terms they use.

Today, the more common term is a "pod" of whales.

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