MINKE WHALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minke whale mean? 

• MINKE WHALE (noun)
  The noun MINKE WHALE has 1 sense:

1. small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

  Familiarity information: MINKE WHALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINKE WHALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small finback of coastal waters of Atlantic and Pacific

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera acutorostrata; lesser rorqual; minke whale; piked whale

Hypernyms ("minke whale" 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 ("minke whale" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)