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noun.
A baleen whale
(Balaena mysticetus)
of Arctic seas, having a large head, an arched upper jaw, and no dorsal fin.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A species of right whale; the polar right whale or Greenland whale,
Balœna mysticetus.
See also cut under
whale
.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (
Balæna mysticetus
). See
baleen
, and
whale
.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
A large
whale
, Balaena mysticetus, having a large, rounded head, that inhabits Arctic waters.
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noun.
large-mouthed Arctic whale