Balaenoptera
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Balaena ("bowhead whale", from Latin balaena (“whale”)) and Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”), a reference to the long wing-like side fins of certain whales.
Proper noun[edit]
Balaenoptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Balaenopteridae – the rorqual whales.
Hypernyms[edit]
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia - infraclass; Cetacea - order; Mysticeti - suborder; Balaenopteridae - family
Hyponyms[edit]
- (genus): Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale), Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale), Balaenoptera brydei (Bryde's whale), Balaenoptera edeni (pygmy Bryde's whale or Eden's whale), Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale), Balaenoptera acutorostrata (northern minke whale), Balaenoptera bonaerensis (southern minke whale or Antarctic minke whale), Balaenoptera omurai - species