HyperDic: genus_balaenoptera

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Balaenoptera:
NOUNanimalgenus Balaenoptera, Balaenopteratype genus of the Balaenopteridae
English > genus Balaenoptera: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtype genus of the Balaenopteridae.
SynonymBalaenoptera
Member ofBalaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridaerorquals
Membersblue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculuslargest mammal ever known
finback, finback whale, fin whale, common rorqual, Balaenoptera physaluslarge flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat
lesser rorqual, piked whale, minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostratasmall finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
sei whale, Balaenoptera borealisSimilar to but smaller than the finback whale
Broadermammal genusA genus of mammals
Spanishbalaenoptera, Balaenoptera, género Balaenoptera, genus balaenoptera
Catalanbalaenoptera, Balaenoptera, genus balaenoptera

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