Meaning | baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks. |
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Synonym | suborder Mysticeti |
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Member of | Cetacea, order Cetacea | An order of Eutheria |
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Members | Balaenidae, family Balaenidae | right whales |
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Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae | rorquals |
Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae | Comprising only the grey whales |
baleen whale, whalebone whale | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | misticetos, Mysticeti, suborden Mysticeti |
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Catalan | misticets, Mysticeti |
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