Definition of balaenoptera Balaenoptera
We found 2 definitions of balaenoptera from 2 different sources.
Advertising
What does balaenoptera mean?
WordNet
Noun |
||
| balaenoptera - type genus of the Balaenopteridae | ||
| genus Balaenoptera | ||
| mammal genus a genus of mammals | ||
| balaenopteridae, family balaenopteridae rorquals; blue whales | ||
| balaenoptera musculus, blue whale, sulfur bottom largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere | ||
| balaenoptera physalus, common rorqual, fin whale, finback, finback whale large flat-headed whalebone whale having deep furrows along the throat; of Atlantic and Pacific | ||
| balaenoptera borealis, sei whale similar to but smaller than the finback whale | ||
= synonym
= antonym
= related word
= antonym
= related word
Part of speech
🔤- balaenoptera, noun, singular of balaenopteras / balaenopterae.
