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Balaenoptera
Balaenoptera
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A taxonomic
genus
within the
family
Balaenopteridae
— the
rorqual
whales
.
pronoun
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Origin of balaenoptera
From
Latin
balaena
(“whale”) and Ancient Greek
πτερόν
(pteron, “wing”), a reference to the long wing-like side fins of certain whales.
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