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Balaenopteridae

noun

rorquals; blue whales

• Syn: ↑family Balaenopteridae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Mysticeti, ↑suborder Mysticeti

• Member Meronyms: ↑rorqual, ↑razorback, ↑Balaenoptera, ↑genus Balaenoptera, ↑Megaptera, ↑genus Megaptera

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\\-(ˌ)näpˈterəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Balaenoptera, type genus + -idae

: a family of whalebone whales that comprise the rorquals and humpbacks and are distinguished from the right whales by the dorsal fin, gular folds, and short whalebone

Useful english dictionary. 2012.