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BALAENIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Right whales

Synonyms:

Balaenidae; family Balaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Balaenidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Balaenidae"):

right whale (large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil)

Balaena; genus Balaena (type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales)

Holonyms ("Balaenidae" is a member of...):

Mysticeti; suborder Mysticeti (baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks)

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