baleine

Definitions of baleine
  1. noun
    any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head
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    baleine à dents
    any of several whales having simple conical teeth and feeding on fish etc.
    rorqual
    any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
    baleine bleue
    largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
    cachalot
    large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
    dauphin
    any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises
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    cétacés
    large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
  2. noun
    whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
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    rorqual
    any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin
    baleine bleue
    largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
    rorqual
    large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
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