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Baleen whale Moderate

Baleen whale has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

2

Any of several large whales, of the suborder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone instead of teeth

See Also
humpback whale finback whalebone right whale mysticete balaenopteroid gray whale mysticeti
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
whale
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
right whale bowhead rorqual blue whale humpback grey whale
Rhyming Words
ale gale dale bale pale tale cale kale hale sale nale yale vale zale rale swale orale teale peale whale
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