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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of whalebone whales, of the family Balænidæ, having the cervical vertebræ ankylosed, the fore limbs pentadactyl, the head enormous, with long black elastic baleen, the throat without furrows, and no dorsal fin. It contains the Greenland or arctic whale, B. mysticetus, and several other species found in all seas. See cuts under ankylosis and Balænidæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales

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