English Explanatory Dictionary

baleen whale

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

baleen whale baleen whales

Synonyms

baleen great whale mysticete whalebone whale toothless whale

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