φαλαινοθηρία

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ὁ αὐτὸς ἔφησε τὸν μὲν ὕπνον ὀλιγοχρόνιον θάνατον, τὸν δὲ θάνατον πολυχρόνιον ὕπνονPlato said that sleep was a short-lived death but death was a long-lived sleep

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Greek Monolingual

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(αλιευτ.) αλιεία φαλαινών για την παραγωγή τροφής, ελαίου ή και τών δύο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < φαλαινοθήρας. Η λ. μαρτυρείται από το 1864 στον 'Αγγ. Βλάχο].