SEI WHALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sei whale mean? 

• SEI WHALE (noun)
  The noun SEI WHALE has 1 sense:

1. similar to but smaller than the finback whale

  Familiarity information: SEI WHALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEI WHALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to but smaller than the finback whale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Balaenoptera borealis; sei whale

Hypernyms ("sei whale" is a kind of...):

razorback; rorqual (any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin)

Holonyms ("sei whale" is a member of...):

Balaenoptera; genus Balaenoptera (type genus of the Balaenopteridae)