Found 2 items, similar to right whale.
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]