MINKE WHALE


Meaning of MINKE WHALE in English

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

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