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RIGHT WHALE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does right whale mean?
• RIGHT WHALE (noun)
The noun RIGHT WHALE has 1 sense:
1. large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
Familiarity information: RIGHT WHALE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the 'right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("right whale" is a kind of...):
baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)
Holonyms ("right whale" is a member of...):
Balaenidae; family Balaenidae (right whales)
Context examples
They are especially abundant in tiny crustaceans such as krill and copepods — favorite prey of filter-feeding bowhead and endangered North Atlantic right whales.
(Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes, National Science Foundation)
In the Brazilian coast, according to Gonçalves, there are 33 species, including the humpback whale, the right whale, Bryde's whale, the fin whale,and the sperm whale, which gained popularity with Moby Dick.
(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)
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