Found 2 items, similar to Balaena mysticetus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Balaena mysticetus Balaena mysticetus n : large-mouthed arctic whale [syn: bowhead, bowhead whale, Greenland whale]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Balaena mysticetus Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zo["o]l.) (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Bal[ae]na mysticetus ), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Bal[ae]na cisarctica ), and the Pacific right whale (Bal[ae]na Sieboldii ); a bone whale. [1913 Webster] Pygmy right whale (Zo["o]l.), a small New Zealand whale (Neobal[ae]na marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. [1913 Webster] Bowhead \Bow"head`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The great Arctic or Greenland whale. (Bal[ae]na mysticetus ). See Baleen, and Whale. [1913 Webster]