minke whale
/ (ˈmɪŋkə) /
noun
a type of small whalebone whale or rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, up to 10 metres longAlso called: minke
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Word Origin for minke whale
C20: probably from Norwegian minkehval, from minke lesser + hval whale
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