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min·ke whale (m

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See piked whale.

[Partial translation of Norwegian minkehval : minke (perhaps after Meincke, member of a 19th-century Norwegian whaling crew) + hval, whale.]

minke whale [ˈmɪŋkə]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a type of small whalebone whale or rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, up to 10 metres long Also called minke

[probably from Norwegian minkehval, from minke lesser + hval whale]

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minke whale - small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

Balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, piked whale

rorqual, razorback - any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

Balaenoptera, genus Balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae

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