transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmiŋ-kə- ]
noun
Etymology: part translation of Norwegian minkehval, from minke- (perhaps from Meincke, a crewman of Svend Foyn died 1894 Norwegian whaler) + hval whale
Date: 1939
: a small grayish baleen whale ( Balaenoptera acutorostrata ) with a whitish underside — called also minke