right whale

noun

Meaning

Any of certain baleen whales of the family Balaenidae, in the genera Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the bowhead whale, also called the Greenland right whale).

Etymology / origin

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Related words

black whale(English)biscayan right whale(English)balenopterid(English)balaenopterid(English)balaenopteroid(English)sei whale(English)fin whale(English)bowhead(English)

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Sources

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