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

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

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

The Greenland whale is less in size than the sperm—its length being about 60 feet.

From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles

The captain ordered the harpoons and lances to be in readiness in case we fell in with the great Greenland whale, but nothing was seen of this monster of the deep.

From The Substance of a Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, In the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823. by West, John

The Greenland whale fishery has been so popularized that most people know something about it; the sperm whale fishery still awaits its Scoresby and a like train of imitators and borrowers.

From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.