HyperDic: whalebone_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression whalebone whale:
NOUNanimalwhalebone whale, baleen whalewhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
English > whalebone whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningwhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.
Synonymbaleen whale
Member ofMysticeti, suborder Mysticetibaleen whales
Narrowerblue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculuslargest mammal ever known
bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetuslarge-mouthed Arctic whale
grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustusmedium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliaelarge whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
right whalelarge Arctic whalebone whale
rorqual, razorbackAny of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
BroaderwhaleAny of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

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