BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Balaenoptera musculus mean? 

• BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS (noun)
  The noun BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS has 1 sense:

1. largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

  Familiarity information: BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALAENOPTERA MUSCULUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera musculus; blue whale; sulfur bottom

Hypernyms ("Balaenoptera musculus" is a kind of...):

baleen whale; whalebone whale (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)

Holonyms ("Balaenoptera musculus" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)