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Whalebone whale

noun
1.
Whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water.  Synonym: baleen whale.






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"Whalebone whale" Quotes from Famous Books



... the manner first invented and recommended by Sir William Hamilton, and under that gentleman's immediate inspection; the weight of the brain, estimated in this way, amounts to 54 lb. imperial weight. The brain of the small whalebone whale, examined by Mr. Hunter (the specimen was only 17 feet long), weighed about 4 lb. 10 oz.; the brain of the elephant weighs between 6 lb. and 7 lb.; the human brain from 3 lb. to 4 lb. The total length of the whale was 80 feet; and although Captain Scoresby mentions one which he heard of which ...
— The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 20, No. 577 - Volume 20, Number 577, Saturday, November 24, 1832 • Various



Words linked to "Whalebone whale" :   razorback, Greenland whale, devilfish, Balaena mysticetus, Balaenoptera musculus, Megaptera novaeangliae, whale, Mysticeti, grey whale, bowhead whale, right whale, rorqual, Eschrichtius gibbosus, bowhead, baleen whale, gray whale, humpback whale, blue whale, sulfur bottom, Eschrichtius robustus, suborder Mysticeti, humpback



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