balaenoptera (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Balaenoptera*:
NOUN	animal	Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera	type genus of the Balaenopteridae

English > *Balaenoptera*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	type genus of the Balaenopteridae.
Synonym	genus Balaenoptera
Member of	Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae	rorquals
Members	blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus	largest mammal ever known
	finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physalus	large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat
	lesser rorqual, piked whale, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata	small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
	sei whale, Balaenoptera borealis	Similar to but smaller than the finback whale
Broader	mammal genus	A genus of mammals
Spanish	balaenoptera, Balaenoptera, género Balaenoptera, genus balaenoptera
Catalan	balaenoptera, Balaenoptera, genus balaenoptera

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