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right whale
large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
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Balaena mysticetus, Greenland whale, bowhead, bowhead whale
large-mouthed Arctic whale
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razorback, rorqual
any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
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Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom
largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
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Megaptera novaeangliae, humpback, humpback whale
large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives
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Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, devilfish, gray whale, grey whale
medium-sized greyish-black whale of the northern Pacific
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Balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale
large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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Balaenoptera borealis, sei whale
similar to but smaller than the finback whale
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale
small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
