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 )
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 )
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012