balaenoptera
Noun
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Type genus of the Balaenopteridae (synset 102067261)
is a type of: mammal genus - a genus of mammalsmember holonym:
- balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom - largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
- balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale - large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific
- balaenoptera borealis, sei whale - similar to but smaller than the finback whale
- balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific
belongs to: balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whalessame as: genus balaenoptera
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