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BALAENA MYSTICETUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large-mouthed Arctic whale
Synonyms:
Balaena mysticetus; bowhead; bowhead whale; Greenland whale
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Balaena mysticetus" is a kind of...):
baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)
Holonyms ("Balaena mysticetus" is a member of...):
Balaena; genus Balaena (type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales)
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