beaching

An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.

Noun

  1. An event in which a marine animal beaches itself.
    • Before the beachings, he notes, his team had spotted about 50 of the unusual Cuvier's beaked whales in the study area. - 2001 January 26, David Malakoff, “ECOLOGY: A Roaring Debate Over Ocean Noise”, in Science, volume...
    • The beachings, coming so close together, are considered extremely rare, in part because threshers mainly rove deep waters. - 2007 September 16, Ray Rivera, “2nd Shark Washes Up on Rockaway Beach and Is Pushed Back”, in...

Forms

beachings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of beach