Mysticeti

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Translingual

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kinds of baleen whales (Mysticeti)

Etymology

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Originally from a transcription error that produced the ghost word Ancient Greek μυστικῆτος (mustikêtos) in Aristotle's History of Animals.

Proper noun

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Mysticeti

  1. A taxonomic suborder within the order Cetacea – the baleen whales.

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