MINKE WHALE


Meaning of MINKE WHALE in English

noun

also min·ke ˈmiŋkə-

Etymology: Norwegian minkehval , from minke (perhaps from Meincke , a crewman of Svend Foyn died 1894 Norwegian whaler) + hval whale

: a small baleen whale of the genus Balaenoptera ( B. acutorostrata )

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