whalebone whale

[ hweyl-bohn hweyl, weyl-bohn weyl ]

Origin of whalebone whale

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First recorded in 1720–30

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whalebone whale

noun
  1. any whale belonging to the cetacean suborder Mysticeti, having a double blowhole and strips of whalebone between the jaws instead of teeth: includes the rorquals, right whales, and the blue whale: Compare toothed whale

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