| NOUN | animal | genus Balaenoptera, Balaenoptera | type genus of the Balaenopteridae |
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| Meaning | type genus of the Balaenopteridae. | |
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| Synonym | 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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