genus balaenoptera
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1. type genus of the Balaenopteridae (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mammal genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of mammals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom, |
| definition | : | largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale, |
| definition | : | large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | balaenoptera borealis, sei whale, |
| definition | : | similar to but smaller than the finback whale (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | balaenoptera acutorostrata, lesser rorqual, minke whale, piked whale, |
| definition | : | small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae, |
| definition | : | rorquals; blue whales (noun.animal) |
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