right whale

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun right whale has 1 sense

right whale(n = noun.animal) - large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil;

is a kind of

baleen whale

whalebone whale

is a member of balaenidae, family balaenidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

right whale,

The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balæna mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. [1913 Webster]

Pygmy right whale (Zoöl.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobalæna marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.