HyperDic: right_whale

English > 1 sense of the expression right whale:
NOUNanimalright whalelarge Arctic whalebone whale
English > right whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglarge Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.
Member ofBalaenidae, family Balaenidaeright whales
Broaderbaleen whale, whalebone whalewhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
CatalanEubalaena

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