BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balaenoptera physalus mean? 

• BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS (noun)
  The noun BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS has 1 sense:

1. large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific

  Familiarity information: BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALAENOPTERA PHYSALUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera physalus; common rorqual; fin whale; finback; finback whale

Hypernyms ("Balaenoptera physalus" is a kind of...):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("Balaenoptera physalus" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)