noun
large-mouthed Arctic whale
• Syn: ↑bowhead, ↑bowhead whale, ↑Balaena mysticetus
• Hypernyms: ↑baleen whale, ↑whalebone whale
• Member Holonyms: ↑Balaena, ↑genus Balaena
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nounUsage: usually capitalized G
: the whalebone whale of the Arctic (Balaena mysticetus) — called also bowhead
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bowhead.
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Greenland whale noun
The Arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus (also called Greenland right whale)
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Main Entry: ↑Greenland
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Greenland whale,
a large, black baleen whale of polar regions; arctic right whale.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.