MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Megaptera novaeangliae mean? 

• MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE (noun)
  The noun MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE has 1 sense:

1. large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

  Familiarity information: MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

humpback; humpback whale; Megaptera novaeangliae

Hypernyms ("Megaptera novaeangliae" is a kind of...):

baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)

Holonyms ("Megaptera novaeangliae" is a member of...):

genus Megaptera; Megaptera (humpback whales)