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bowhead whale

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Noun1.bowhead whale - large-mouthed Arctic whalebowhead whale - large-mouthed Arctic whale          
Balaena mysticetus, bowhead, Greenland whale
baleen whale, whalebone whale - whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water
Balaena, genus Balaena - type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales
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His next project, though, is a movie about a Bowhead whale.
Film Fest Window to Eco Issues by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
By 1900, populations of many Arctic marine mammals had collapsed and the bowhead whale was all but extinct.
The Arctic: a history: a mythical place--land of the frozen ocean, ... by Lopez, Barry; McGhee, Robert; Vaughan, Richard / New Internationalist
At an average of 20 inches, the bowhead whale has the thickest skin of any animal known.
The Skin You're In by Charlene Brusso / Ask
 
 
 
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