Bal[ae]na mysticetus

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Right whale \Right" whale`\ (Zool.)
   (a) The bowhead, Arctic, or Greenland whale ({Balaena
       mysticetus}), from whose mouth the best whalebone is
       obtained.
   (b) Any other whale that produces valuable whalebone, as the
       Atlantic, or Biscay, right whale ({Balaena cisarctica}),
       and the Pacific right whale ({Balaena Sieboldii}); a bone
       whale.
       [1913 Webster]

   {Pygmy right whale} (Zool.), a small New Zealand whale
      {(Neobalaena marginata)} which is only about sixteen feet
      long. It produces short, but very elastic and tough,
      whalebone.
      [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bowhead \Bow"head`\, n. (Zool.)
   The great Arctic or Greenland whale. ({Bal[ae]na
   mysticetus}). See {Baleen}, and {Whale}.
   [1913 Webster]
antiflux / dictionary / Bal[ae]na mysticetus
[email protected]