right whale

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right whale • n. a baleen whale (family Balaenidae) with a large head and a deeply curved jaw, of Arctic and temperate waters.

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right whale

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right whale (Balaena glacialis) See BALAENIDAE.

A Dictionary of Zoology MICHAEL ALLABY

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