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Balaenoptera
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Translingual
thumb|Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Etymology
From Balaena genus ("bowhead whale", from mul la balaena whale) and mul grc πτερόν wing, a reference to the long wing-like side fins of certain whales.
Proper noun
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genus family Balaenopteridae the rorqual whales
Hypernyms
family ; Cetacea infraorder - infraorder; Mysticeti parvorder - parvorder; Balaenopteridae family - family
Hyponyms
genus Balaenoptera physalus species (fin whale), Balaenoptera borealis species (sei whale), Balaenoptera brydei species (Bryde's whale), Balaenoptera edeni species (pygmy Bryde's whale or Eden's whale), Balaenoptera musculus species (blue whale), Balaenoptera acutorostrata species (northern minke whale), Balaenoptera bonaerensis species (southern minke whale or Antarctic minke whale), Balaenoptera omurai species - species