whalebone whale
[ hweyl-bohn hweyl, weyl-bohn weyl ]
noun
Origin of whalebone whale
1First recorded in 1720–30
Words Nearby whalebone whale
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How to use whalebone whale in a sentence
The most notable animals are the white-bear, the musk-ox, the reindeer, and the whalebone whale.
The whalebone whale reaches a length of over 70 feet, but is timid and inoffensive.
The Beauties of Nature | Sir John Lubbock
British Dictionary definitions for whalebone whale
whalebone whale
noun
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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