English > whalebone whale: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water. |
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Synonym | baleen whale |
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Member of | Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti | baleen whales |
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Narrower | blue whale, sulfur bottom, Balaenoptera musculus | largest mammal ever known |
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bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus | large-mouthed Arctic whale |
grey whale, gray whale, devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus | medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific |
humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae | large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives |
right whale | large Arctic whalebone whale |
rorqual, razorback | Any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin |
Broader | whale | Any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head |
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