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BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere
Synonyms:
Balaenoptera musculus; blue whale; sulfur bottom
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Balaenoptera musculus" is a kind of...):
baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)
Holonyms ("Balaenoptera musculus" is a member of...):
Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)
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