Hypernym

noun

any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

Member_meronym

noun

baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks

whalebone whale 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

Synonyms

baleen whale 1
whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water

Hyponym

noun

large Arctic whalebone whale; allegedly the `right' whale to hunt because of its valuable whalebone and oil

noun

large-mouthed Arctic whale

noun

any of several baleen whales of the family Balaenopteridae having longitudinal grooves on the throat and a small pointed dorsal fin

noun

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

noun

large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives

Member_holonym

noun

baleen whales: right whales; rorquals; blue whales; humpbacks