Greenland whale

Greenland whale
noun
large-mouthed Arctic whale
Hypernyms: ↑baleen whale, ↑whalebone whale
Member Holonyms: ↑Balaena, ↑genus Balaena

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noun
Usage: usually capitalized G
: the whalebone whale of the Arctic (Balaena mysticetus) — called also bowhead

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bowhead.

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Greenland whale noun
The Arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus (also called Greenland right whale)
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Main Entry:Greenland

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Greenland whale,
a large, black baleen whale of polar regions; arctic right whale.

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