Mysticeti

prop. n.

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A suborder including baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; and humpbacks.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Mysticeti - baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks suborder Mysticeti animal order - the order of animals Cetacea, order Cetacea - an order of Eutheria baleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water Balaenidae, family Balaenidae - right whales Balaenopteridae, family Balaenopteridae - rorquals; blue whales Eschrichtiidae, family Eschrichtiidae - comprising only the grey whales