HyperDic: suborder_mysticeti

English > 1 sense of the expression suborder Mysticeti:
NOUNanimalsuborder Mysticeti, Mysticetibaleen whales
English > suborder Mysticeti: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbaleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks.
SynonymMysticeti
Member ofCetacea, order CetaceaAn order of Eutheria
MembersBalaenidae, family Balaenidaeright whales
Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridaerorquals
Eschrichtiidae, family EschrichtiidaeComprising only the grey whales
baleen whale, whalebone whalewhale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishmisticetos, Mysticeti, suborden Mysticeti
Catalanmisticets, Mysticeti

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