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1. (n.) right whale
any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas.
Etymology: (1715–25; allusion unclear)
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1. (noun) right whale
large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
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1. right whale
the bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale (Balaena mysticetus), from whose mouth the best whalebone is obtained
2. right whale
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
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