NOUN | animal | Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback, humpback whale | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
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Meaning | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives. | |
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Synonyms | humpback, humpback whale | |
Member of | Megaptera, genus Megaptera | humpback whales |
Broader | baleen whale, whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
Spanish | ballena jorobada, gabarte, megáptera, xibarte, yubarta | |
Catalan | iubarta, Megaptera novaeangliae |
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