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Biscayan right whale
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English
Noun
A species of baleen whale, Eubalaena glacialis species, of the north Atlantic Ocean.
en 1971 National Geographic Dec 725 Other early hunters of whales included [...] the Basques, who developed the first organized whale fishery [...] in the Bay of Biscay, and who managed through overfishing virtually to eliminate an entire stock of great whales - those known as the Biscayan right whales.
Synonyms
en Biscay whale
en black right whale
en black whale
en North Atlantic right whale
en tube whale
Translations
whale
Polish: pl waleń biskajski m, pl wieloryb biskajski m, pl wal biskajski m
en Whales