BALAENOPTERA


Meaning of BALAENOPTERA in English

-ˈnäptərə noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from balaeno- (from Latin balaena whale) + -ptera

: a genus (the type of the family Balaenopteridae) of whalebone whales that comprises the rorquals

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.