pygmy right whale

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.
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