'Balaena mysticetus' definitions:

Definition of 'Balaena mysticetus'

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noun
Large-mouthed Arctic whale [syn: bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale, Balaena mysticetus]

Definition of 'Balaena mysticetus'

From: GCIDE
  • Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone whale. [1913 Webster]
  • Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Balaena mysticetus'

From: GCIDE
  • Bowhead \Bow"head`\, n. (Zool.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. ({Bal[ae]na mysticetus}). See Baleen, and Whale. [1913 Webster]