balaenidae

English Thesaurus

1. right whales (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	right whale,
definition	:	large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	balaena, genus balaena,
definition	:	type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	mysticeti, suborder mysticeti,
definition	:	baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks (noun.animal)