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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: right whale
right whale
n : large arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to
hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Right whale
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]
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