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baleen whale

noun

1 baleen whale

Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.

synonym: whalebone whale.

is a specific kind of: whale.

is a broader term that covers: right whale | Balaena mysticetus, bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale | razorback, rorqual | Balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom | humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae | devilfish, Eschrichtius gibbosus, Eschrichtius robustus, gray whale, grey whale.

is a member of: Mysticeti, suborder Mysticeti.

Dutch: baleinwalvis

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