Pronunciation: ' mi ŋ -k ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: part translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perh. from Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn † 1894 Norwegian whaler) + hval whale
Date: 1939
: a small grayish baleen whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ) with a whitish underside ― called also minke
minke whale