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Balaena

noun

type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales

• Syn: ↑genus Balaena

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Balaenidae, ↑family Balaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bowhead, ↑bowhead whale, ↑Greenland whale, ↑Balaena mysticetus

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\\bəˈlēnə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, whale, modification of Greek phalaina, phallaina; akin to Greek phallos penis — more at blow

: the genus consisting of the Greenland whale — compare right whale

Useful english dictionary. 2012.