Definition of Right whale

1. Noun. Large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.

Generic synonyms: Baleen Whale, Whalebone Whale
Group relationships: Balaenidae, Family Balaenidae

Definition of Right whale

1. Noun. The baleen whales belonging to the family ''Balaenidae'', in the genera ''Eubalaena'' (three species) and ''Balaena'' (one species, the bowhead whale, also called the Greenland right whale). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Right whale

1. The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained. Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale (Balaena cisarctica), and the Pacific right whale (B. Sieboldii); a bone whale. Pygmy right whale, a small New Zealand whale (Neobalaena marginata) which is only about sixteen feet long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough, whalebone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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