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blubber
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blubber
1. a thick insulating layer of fatty tissue below the skin of aquatic mammals such as the whale: used by man as a source of oil
2. Austral an informal name for jellyfish

blubber [′bləb·ər]
(invertebrate zoology)
A large sea nettle or medusa.
(vertebrate zoology)
A thick insulating layer of fat beneath the skin of whales and other marine mammals.


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As for Keira Knightley as Elizabeth, I find her spellbinding and--despite her blubbery lips and neurotically tight jaw--devastatingly beautiful.
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