minke whale

(miŋ)

a small, swift rorqual whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a dark body and a light belly

See minke whale in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Partial translation of Norwegian minkehval

Origin: : minke (perhaps after Meincke, member of a 19th-century Norwegian whaling crew)

Origin: + hval, whale

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