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Right whale

Right whale Meaning & Definition
Right whale Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Right whale?

[n] large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil

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See Also | Balaenidae | baleen whale | family Balaenidae | whalebone whale

Right whale In Webster's Dictionary

\Right" whale`\ (Zo["o]l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Bal[ae]na mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Bal[ae]na cisarctica}), and the Pacific right whale ({B. Sieboldii}); a bone whale. {Pygmy right whale} (Zo["o]l.), a small New Zealand whale {(Neobal[ae]na marginata)} which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone.

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