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Right whale   /raɪt weɪl/   Listen
Right whale

noun
1.
Large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil.





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... previously existing genus Halitherium continued to survive, and amongst the latter we meet with remains of Dolphins and of Whales of the "Zeuglodont" family. We may also note here the first appearance of true "Whalebone Whales," two species of which, resembling the living "Right Whale" of Arctic seas, and belonging to the same genus (Baloena), have been detected in the Miocene beds of ...
— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson


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