Greenland whale

n (Animals) an arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus, that is black with a cream-coloured throat

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Noun

Greenland whale - large-mouthed Arctic whale Balaena mysticetus, bowhead, bowhead whalebaleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the waterBalaena, genus Balaena - type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales

Greenland whale

Greenland whale:

see right whaleright whale,
name for whales of the family Balaenidae. They were so named by whalers, who for centuries considered them "the right whales" to hunt, because they float when killed and because they yield enormous quantities of oil and of baleen.
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Greenland whale

Related to Greenland whale: Balaena mysticetus, sperm whale, Greenland right whale, Greenland shark

noun

Synonyms for Greenland whale

noun large-mouthed Arctic whale

Synonyms

Balaena mysticetus
bowhead
bowhead whale

Related Words

baleen whale
whalebone whale
Balaena
genus Balaena

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