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Balaenoptera musculus

noun
1.
Largest mammal ever known; bluish-grey migratory whalebone whale mostly of southern hemisphere.  Synonyms: blue whale, sulfur bottom.






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... the various whaling-stations of the Falkland area are confined largely to three species—blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whale (Balaenoptera physalis), and humpback (Megaptera nodosa); sperm whales (Physeter catodon) and right whales (Balaena glacialis) being only occasional and rare captures, while the sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) appeared in the ...
— South! • Sir Ernest Shackleton



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