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  • 11Pygmy right whale — Right whale Right whale (Zo[ o]l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[ae]na mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right… …

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  • 12arctic right whale — arctic right whale, a black baleen whale of the Arctic that grows up to 55 feet long and weighs as much as 45 tons; bowhead; Greenland whale. Its baleen is longer than that of any other whale. It looks much like the right whale, but has no bonnet …

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  • 13southern right whale — noun : a right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) that is somewhat smaller than the Greenland whale and is widely distributed in temperate seas though nearly extinct in the North Atlantic through overfishing …

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  • 14right-whale — n. Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus) …

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  • 15North Atlantic right whale — North Atlantic right whale[1] Mother and calf Conservation status …

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  • 16Greenland whale — noun large mouthed Arctic whale • Syn: ↑bowhead, ↑bowhead whale, ↑Balaena mysticetus • Hypernyms: ↑baleen whale, ↑whalebone whale • Member Holonyms: ↑Balaena, ↑ …

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  • 17Greenland whale — grenlandinis banginis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Balaena mysticetus angl. Arctic right whale; Arctic whale; bowhead; bow headed whale; common right whale; common whale; great polar whale;… …

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  • 18Whale — Whale, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. {Narwhal}, {Walrus}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any aquatic mammal of the order {Cetacea}, especially any one of the large species,… …

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  • 19Whale bird — Whale Whale, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. {Narwhal}, {Walrus}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any aquatic mammal of the order {Cetacea}, especially any one of the large… …

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  • 20Whale fin — Whale Whale, n. [OE. whal, AS. hw[ae]l; akin to D. walvisch, G. wal, walfisch, OHG. wal, Icel. hvalr, Dan. & Sw. hval, hvalfisk. Cf. {Narwhal}, {Walrus}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any aquatic mammal of the order {Cetacea}, especially any one of the large… …

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