mystecete

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mystecete (plural mystecetes)

  1. Alternative form of mysticete
    • 2009, Blanca Jiménez, Joan Rose, editors, Urban Water Security: Managing Risks, page 85:
      The red meats originating from nine species of odontocete and six species of mystecete were sold in Japanese markets.
    • 2016 November 30, Elsa Panciroli, “How did the whale get its 'moustache'?”, in The Guardian[1]:
      This moustache is properly called baleen, and is found in the mystecetes: the group of whales that include the famous giants such as humpbacks, bowheads and blue whales.