Greenland whale

British  

noun

1. an arctic right whale, Balaena mysticetus, that is black with a cream-coloured throat

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Example Sentences

The remarks I have made apply in common to the two chief sorts of whales, but the Greenland whale is a very different animal from the sperm whale, of which we were in search.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles

This is Charing Cross; hear ye! good people all,—the Greenland whale is deposed,—the great sperm whale now reigneth!

From Moby Dick, or, the whale by Melville, Herman

The British commerce in Europe, especially in the north, is unguarded, the Greenland whale fishery and the Hudson Bay ships in particular.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared

It is the Greenland whale you have hunted up to this time, and that would not risk passing through the warm waters of the equator.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Verne, Jules

They are huge creatures, 60 ft. in length, with an enormous head: it is as much as one third of the total length in the Greenland whale.

From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir