Minke Whale Definition

mĭngkē
noun
A small, swift rorqual whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) with a dark body and a light belly.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Minke Whale

  • Partial translation of Norwegian minkehval minke (perhaps after Meincke , member of a 19th-century Norwegian whaling crew) hval whale

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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