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- noun Plural form of
minke .
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Examples
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While individuals belonging to various species will sometimes exhibit asymmetrical pigmentation (and rorquals, such as minkes and sei whales, are among them), fin whales are consistently like this: all of them.
Lunging is expensive, jaws can be noisy, and what’s with the asymmetry? Rorquals part III Darren Naish 2006
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While individuals belonging to various species will sometimes exhibit asymmetrical pigmentation (and rorquals, such as minkes and sei whales, are among them), fin whales are consistently like this: all of them.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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You'll also see asymmetrically colored finbacks, curious minkes and endangered right whales.
Susan Fogwell: What to Do in Bar Harbor This Summer Susan Fogwell 2011
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Humpbacks are the most commonly spotted, but you might also see blue whales, minkes and other species.
Take Monday Off: Iceland Dennis K. Berman 2011
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You'll also see asymmetrically colored finbacks, curious minkes and endangered right whales.
Susan Fogwell: What to Do in Bar Harbor This Summer Susan Fogwell 2011
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But the proposed cap isn't much different from Japan's actual catch of minkes in the Antarctic because Japan's annual whaling expedition has been disrupted by ships from the conservationist group Sea Shepherd.
Whaling Commission Proposes To Allow Whale Hunting Under Strict Limits 2010
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(It is claimed that baleen whales such as the minke targeted by most of today's whalers have low levels of mercury because they consume smaller fish, but research has shown that northern minkes can carry plenty of mercury.)
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But the proposed cap isn't much different from Japan's actual catch of minkes in the Antarctic because Japan's annual whaling expedition has been disrupted by ships from the conservationist group Sea Shepherd.
Whaling Commission Proposes To Allow Whale Hunting Under Strict Limits 2010
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(It is claimed that baleen whales such as the minke targeted by most of today's whalers have low levels of mercury because they consume smaller fish, but research has shown that northern minkes can carry plenty of mercury.)
Peter Christian Hall: Toxic or Not, Commercial Whaling Is Back on the Table 2010
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But the proposed cap isn't much different from Japan's actual catch of minkes in the Antarctic because Japan's annual whaling expedition has been disrupted by ships from the conservationist group Sea Shepherd.
Whaling Commission Proposes To Allow Whale Hunting Under Strict Limits 2010
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