baleen whale


noun

Origin of baleen whale

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby baleen whale

British Dictionary definitions for baleen whale

baleen whale

noun

another name for whalebone whale

Scientific definitions for baleen whale

baleen whale

Any of several usually large whales of the suborder Mysticeti, having a symmetrical skull with two blowholes and plates of baleen instead of teeth. Baleen whales include the humpback, blue, fin, minke, and right whales, and the rorquals. Compare toothed whale.