minke whale

min·ke whale  (mngk)

n.

See piked whale.

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

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Noun

1.

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