genus Balaena

genus Balaena
noun
type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales
Syn: ↑Balaena
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Balaenidae, ↑family Balaenidae
Member Meronyms: ↑bowhead, ↑bowhead whale, ↑Greenland whale, ↑Balaena mysticetus

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