right whale

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Etymology

From the opinion of whalers that balaenid whales were the "right" (i.e. correct) whales to target because their carcases were easier to collect.

Noun

right whale (plural right whales)

1. The baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae, in the genera Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the bowhead whale, also called the Greenland right whale).

Translations

baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 露脊鯨 (cmn), 露脊鲸 (cmn) (lùjǐjīng)

• Finnish: silovalas (fi) (family Balaenidae), grönlanninvalas (fi) (genus Balaena), mustavalas (fi) (genus Eubalaena)

External links

• Balaena on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Balaena
• Eubalena on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Eubalena