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right whale
(encz) | right whale, n: |
Right whale
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
[1913 Webster]
Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
[1913 Webster] |
right whale
(wn) | right whale
n 1: large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale
to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
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right whale
(encz) | right whale, n: |
Pygmy right whale
(gcide) | Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
(a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
obtained.
(b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica),
and the Pacific right whale (Balaena Sieboldii); a bone
whale.
[1913 Webster]
Pygmy right whale (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
(Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet
long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
whalebone.
[1913 Webster] |
right whale
(wn) | right whale
n 1: large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale
to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil |
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