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Definition of Balaena
1. Noun. Type genus of the Balaenidae: Greenland whales.
Exact synonyms: Genus Balaena
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Balaenidae, Family Balaenidae
Member holonyms: Balaena Mysticetus, Bowhead, Bowhead Whale, Greenland Whale
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Balaenidae, Family Balaenidae
Member holonyms: Balaena Mysticetus, Bowhead, Bowhead Whale, Greenland Whale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balaena
Literary usage of Balaena
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1881)
"... attached to the pelvic bone in the Greenland Right-Whale, and which he
interpreted as thigh-bone and leg.1 All of these ten whales (Balaena 1 This ..."
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