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Definition 2024

right_whale

right whale

English

Noun

right whale ‎(plural right whales)

The baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae, in the genera Eubalaena (three species) and Balaena (one species, the bowhead whale, also called the Greenland right whale).

Translations

baleen whales belonging to the family Balaenidae

Chinese:
Mandarin: 露脊鯨 (zh), 露脊鲸 (zh) ‎(lùjǐjīng)
Finnish: silovalas (family Balaenidae), grönlanninvalas (fi) (genus Balaena), mustavalas (genus Eubalaena)

Maori: tohorā, kewa
Portuguese: baleia-franca f