baleen whale

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baleen whale

noun baleen whales

  1. Any of several large whales, of the parvorder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone (baleen) instead of teeth.

    Similar: baleen, great whale, mysticete, whalebone whale, toothless whale

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noun whale of the Mysticeti parvorder

Españolballena barbada
한국어수염고래 suyeomgorae
日本語鬚鯨 higekujira, ヒゲクジラ higekujira
中文鬚鯨 /须鲸 xūjīng
Kiswahilinyangumi mwenye mfupanyangumi
Françaisbaleine à fanons
DeutschBartenwal
Italianobalenide
Русскийуса́тый кит usátyj kit

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@misc{baleen_whale_2026,
  title = {baleen whale},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/baleen%20whale},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}