MINKE WHALE

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Meaning:

Small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; lesser rorqual; minke whale; piked whale

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("minke whale" is a kind of...):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("minke whale" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)

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