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| any whale of the suborder Mysticeti, as finback and humpback whales, characterized by a symmetrical skull, paired blowholes, and rows of baleen plates for feeding on plankton. |
| baleen whale n. Any of several usually large whales of the suborder Mysticeti, such as the right whale and rorquals, having a symmetrical skull, two blowholes, and whalebone plates instead of teeth. Also called mysticete, whalebone whale. |
| mys·ti·cete (mĭs'tĭ-sēt') n. See baleen whale. [New Latin mysticētus, from Greek mustikētos, alteration of (ho) mūs to kētos, (the) whale (called) the mouse : mūs, mouse; see mūs- in Indo-European roots + kētos, whale.] mys'ti·ce'tous (-sē'təs) adj. |
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