Baleen Whale Definition

noun

Any of several usually large cetaceans of the suborder Mysticeti, having two blowholes and whalebone plates instead of teeth, and including the humpback whale and the right whales.

American Heritage

Any of an order (Mysticeta) of whales with toothless jaws, baleen in the mouth, and a symmetrical skull, consisting of the gray whale, the right whales, and rorquals.

Webster's New World

Any of several large whales, of the suborder Mysticeti, that have plates of whalebone instead of teeth.

Wiktionary

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