"Right Whale" is a word in ENGLISH
Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific
right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale.
The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena
mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained.
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Plates or blades of \"whalebone,\" from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales …
Read the complete definitionAny right whale, or whalebone whale. See Cetacea.
Read the complete definitionA very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal …
Read the complete definitionA very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, …
Read the complete definitionAny aquatic mammal of the order Cetacea, especially any one of the large species, some of which become nearly one …
Read the complete definitionA firm, elastic substance resembling horn, taken from the upper jaw of the right whale; baleen. It is used as …
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