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Definition of Balaenoptera musculus
1. Noun. Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.
Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaenoptera, Genus Balaenoptera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balaenoptera Musculus
Literary usage of Balaenoptera musculus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"Like the others, this species seems to pass the Common Rorqual (Balaenoptera
musculus). seen feasting among shoals of herrings. ..."
2. British Mammals: An Attempt to Describe and Illustrate the Mammalian Fauna by Harry Hamilton Johnston (1903)
"The Hump-backed Whale. (Waters round the British Islands. Fairly common.)
Balaenoptera musculus. The Common Rorqual. (Waters round the British Islands. ..."
3. Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1895)
"... from time to time during the preceding fifteen years, of these parts in
Mysticetus, Megaptera, Balaenoptera musculus, B. borealis and B. rostrata; ..."
4. A Handbook of the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire: Being a Catalogue of by William Eagle Clarke, William Denison Roebuck (1881)
"Balaenoptera musculus (Z.). Common Rorqual. Casual visitant, of rare occurrence.
A young one caught at Bridlington, April 5th, 1880, 16 feet long, ..."
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