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- noun A
minke whale , one of two species ofbaleen whales often seen in coastal waters
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Examples
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IWC negotiator, who is notoriously blunt and once called minke whales the "cockroaches of the sea" - believes the proposal may mark the beginning of the end for Japanese whaling.
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Scientists are eager to examine the animal, which they first believed might be the humpback whale rescued from a tangle of fishing lines earlier this week, but later identified as a minke or finback whale.
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But non-indigenous people also commercially harvest a variety of species at smaller scales, such as minke whales in Norwegian waters, belugas in the White Sea, and pilot whales (Globicephala melaena) in the Faroe Islands.
Management and conservation of marine mammals and seabirds in the Arctic 2009
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Aren't the white ones the "minke" or some other strange name?
Wired Campus 2010
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Aren't the white ones the "minke" or some other strange name?
Wired Campus 2010
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Aren't the white ones the "minke" or some other strange name?
Wired Campus 2010
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Since 2006, that nation has killed more than 200 minke whales and 280 endangered fin whales.
Pierce Brosnan: Iceland Won't Stop Whaling Until We Impose Sanctions Pierce Brosnan 2011
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Since 2006, that nation has killed more than 200 minke whales and 280 endangered fin whales.
Pierce Brosnan: Iceland Won't Stop Whaling Until We Impose Sanctions Pierce Brosnan 2011
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Since 2006, that nation has killed more than 200 minke whales and 280 endangered fin whales.
Pierce Brosnan: Iceland Won't Stop Whaling Until We Impose Sanctions Pierce Brosnan 2011
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Since 2006, that nation has killed more than 200 minke whales and 280 endangered fin whales.
Pierce Brosnan: Iceland Won't Stop Whaling Until We Impose Sanctions Pierce Brosnan 2011
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